Sea hare ?

rusty · #1 11-10-2005, 03:24 AM

I have got some red hair algee, and I was told at my LFS that a sea hare will eat it, not really trusting them to give sound advice I figured I would ask here. Is this true? Does a sea hare eat red hair algee? What about cyano? ( they told me it eats cyano as well, I didn't think any thing ate cyano) A little help here would be awsome

Gizmo · #2 11-10-2005, 03:27 AM

I've been looking for one to clean my tank, not of cyano, but of every kind of green algae. Problem is its next to impossible to find one these days.

rusty · #3 11-10-2005, 12:54 PM

Yes they are hard to get, but do they eat red hair algee?

OCDP · #4 11-10-2005, 03:55 PM

FWIW, my Sea Hare ate every type of algae almost.. cyano , hair algae. etc..

Maybe I just got super lucky with mine

WWWD · #5 11-10-2005, 04:36 PM

cyano isn't algae it's a bacteria so i doubt any sea hare will eat that. i also doubt a sea hare will eat red hair algae (well cept OCDP's), they seem to only go for hair algae. although they will eat nori.

OCDP · #6 11-10-2005, 04:52 PM

All's I know is that my tank was full of nuisance algaes.. cyano, hair.. you name it. Within a couple weeks of adding the sea hare, my reef was spotless. No signs of anything.. it was just like a giant algae eating slug... and it was easy to keep (in a 20g to boot) .. I lost it though.. with only myself to blame for it's death.

crusty1 · #7 11-11-2005, 01:32 AM

Mine appears to eat anything, including meaty foods right out of my hands.

doublette · #8 11-11-2005, 01:50 AM

We had some red cotton-ball like algae and our sea hare cleaned it out!

Gizmo · #9 11-11-2005, 04:27 PM

Too Bad its next to impossible to get one

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