HELP, Sea Hare

outacontrol · #1 01-30-2010, 05:32 AM

I bought a Sea Hare from a fellow reefer today, brought it home and drip acclimated it for 2 hours and then put it in the tank. Soon after enter tank its "back" opened up and you could see a large white sack? about 20 to 30 minutes later the back closed up, its been a few hours now with lights off and the thing has not moved is this normal should I be concerned?
Help me, I am worried that in the morning I am going to have a dead Sea Hare and that it will poison my tank.

It is about the size of a pear. A good 4 inches long.

naesco · #2 01-30-2010, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by outacontrol

I bought a Sea Hare from a fellow reefer today, brought it home and drip acclimated it for 2 hours and then put it in the tank. Soon after enter tank its "back" opened up and you could see a large white sack? about 20 to 30 minutes later the back closed up, its been a few hours now with lights off and the thing has not moved is this normal should I be concerned?
Help me, I am worried that in the morning I am going to have a dead Sea Hare and that it will poison my tank.

It is about the size of a pear. A good 4 inches long.

I do not know about the white sack but it is normal for them to just stay in one place for a while. Do your water tests show normal readings. Salinity, PH etc.

outacontrol · #3 01-30-2010, 06:01 AM

I will go do some more testing, but I am sure everything is fine.

All the other livestock is doing good, just the new guy has me worried

#4 01-30-2010, 06:05 AM

sea hares are a close relitive to the nutisbriks and yes the back should open. if it is opening it's back it is because of 1 of 2 things it is happy or it is scared. It normaly takes 5 hrs to aclimate them so he may have been a bit tick off at you it will finish aclimatizing in the tank just will take longer. watch it because if it dies it will shrink to haf its size and then reliece a toxin in to the water. If it starts eating it is ok they are quite nice when they open there backs up fully.

Bill

outacontrol · #5 01-30-2010, 06:11 AM

so I really just need to watch for it to shrink, any other clues to watch for?

any suggestions for what to do overnight?

#6 01-30-2010, 06:16 AM

I would just let it be they will some times burry them selves a night. as long a he doesn't shrink and start smoking you are ok. they can be very anoiying at times moving to an area that they have already gone over insted of going over a new area just let it be and do it's own thing it will get there sooner or latter. If you start moving it around it will become stressed and could die. remember to pass it on with some instruction when it is finihed with your tank.

Bill

Eb0la11 · #7 01-30-2010, 07:15 AM

Its fine. Thats how they poop. He was probably already eating and the white stuff was his poop.

5 hours to acclimate? Im not sure where you heard of that, I drip acclimated mine for like 30 mins and it was fine. They do stay in one spot for long periods of time as well. Im not sure of the rhyme or reason of when they will do that though, but I would say mine was more active during the night time.