Sea Hares

[fishy1171]

Has anybody had any success with sea hares cleaning up their hair algae?
Jen

[Shark_Bait]

I have not tried sea hares but lettuce nudi's have done a great job in the past for me

[Ram_Puppy]

Sam from Zenreef used to have some seahares for sale, and I have heard good things about them. the problem I believe is they don't stay small like lettuce nudi's, they get big.

[matt]

Supposedly they're among the few animals that will really eat most kinds of hair algae, even reports of them eating briopsis.

[Isis]

I have had one for several months now and she keeps my tanks clean of algae, hair and macro. I have had to supplement with a large shee of nori every two days to keep her from starving. There are a few here in MARSH that are about to go onto rotation into a few other people's tanks.

[speakerguy]

They were passing them around in the local B/CS group a while back, people said they were really effective (do get big though).

[Isis]

Mine is the size of fish, well a girl's fist, and in my 38-gallon reef. Surprisingly, she moves well through the tank and doesn't knock over anything, unlike my longspine urchin.

[GaryP]

She? I didn't know hermaphrodites were referred to as she. :)

[Isis]

She? I didn't know hermaphrodites were referred to as she. :)You take away the 's' in "she" and you get "he". ;)

[loans_n_fishes]

I have always been facinated with sea hares. I have gone back and forth about eventually getting one. I have heard that if they release their ink it can poison the tank. I have also heard that they can grow to around 18" long! :huh Is there a variety that stays a little smaller? I have a 75 gal tank.

[Isis]

The one I got from Maroon Lagoon is about 4 inches long and fits nicely in my 38.