What's everyones experiences with sea hares? (1 Viewer)

[BostonJosh]

I was looking into getting a sea hare for algae control and was wondering if people could share their experiences and suggestions on care.

 

[AquaNerd]

they are great algae eaters, but once the algae is gone, they starve and die.

they are also fairly poor shippers.

 

[jdeveaux]

If you get a nice healthy one they do very well. I actually keep mine in a fuge so that he always has food. He has been going strong for 2 months now and he still hasn't run out of food. My wife thinks he is the ugliest thing she's ever seen but I think he's very cool.

This is my second one this year though, the first one died a few days after adding him to my tank; I think it just came down to a lot of them don't ship well.

 

[deepsea43]

you harlry ever see them though or at least that was my experience. I had one and though he died but one day i looked in my tank and he was the size o a coke can.

 

[nemo713]

i have had a few and they did a very good job the biggest problem is they got stuck in powerheads and got shredded

 

[Captinshinyside]

I have one in my tank, He kicks So mush ********* in the algae eating area its unreal. He is a machine. I have had him for around a month and I have had no problems so far at all. I would highly recommend them to everyone.

 

[Guest]

You may want to try one of the dwarf species, although some of them aren't as effective algae eaters.

As nemo713 said (and a lot of people forget to mention), they are notorious for getting shredded in powerheads.

 

[Guest]

Kept the dwarf sea hare and love it!