A new Sea Hare

OCDP · #1 12-12-2005, 04:33 PM

I got mine from Wai's... there's still some left too. Great for all types of algae IMO... my sandbed is going through a diatom outbreak, and when i put him on the sand and he started moving about, he took the diatoms with him

SJSobczyk · #2 12-12-2005, 04:36 PM

Scott,

Instead of using something live you can always look into a UV sterilizer. I had a problem with an outbreak of diatoms and algea every once in a while and i hooked up a coralife turbo twist 8X to my fluval, and havent seen any since. It has been worth every penny. JMO!

Steve

Beverly · #3 12-12-2005, 09:18 PM

Make sure your intakes are well covered with sea hares.

BT05 · #4 12-13-2005, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Beverly

Make sure your intakes are well covered with sea hares.

This reads a bit funny but I'm pretty sure we know what you mean...

Yes, sea hares are also clumsy too. When I had one, he would try to climb the steeper parts of my rockwork but then lose his grip and tumble to the sandbed. It's was funny to watch but then I realized that had to relocate my birds nest just in case.

I'm actually looking for the lettuce ones right now, but Wais only stock the brown ones regularly.

impreza · #5 12-13-2005, 06:56 AM

How much are the sea hares at Wai's?

Beverly · #6 12-13-2005, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BT05

This reads a bit funny but I'm pretty sure we know what you mean...

Yes, sea hares are also clumsy too. When I had one, he would try to climb the steeper parts of my rockwork but then lose his grip and tumble to the sandbed. It's was funny to watch but then I realized that had to relocate my birds nest just in case.

I'm actually looking for the lettuce ones right now, but Wais only stock the brown ones regularly.

Hahahaha! Of course I meant, when keeping sea hares, make sure your powerhead intakes are covered.

There was a thread not so long ago about a sea hare getting caught and killed in someone's powerhead intake

That's why I mentioned it.

adidas · #7 12-13-2005, 04:52 PM

should probably cover all intakes anyways, I just lost a cleaner shrimp yesterday, after hooking up my new skimmer (even though I had eggcrate covering the intake), he was sucked in half

lesson learned? Use foam.

Chin_Lee · #8 12-13-2005, 05:44 PM

Don't use eggcrates either. I had a sea hare try to squeeze through the 1/2"x1/2" square and he got stuck and couldn't get himself out. I eventually had to intervene and I believe I saved its life. i guess you can use eggcrate if you double them up and interlock the squares. otherwise, use something smaller!