Anyone out there have a sea hare???

[Lynn]

With this one beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!!! what weird weird critters!! My daughter and I are at the LFS and see this sea hare. My daughter, who happens to be 21 yrs old...thinks this thing is soooo neat. (she just finished taking a invert class at the U) According to Sprung they eat cyno bacteria and film/algae. We brought it home and it's in my refugium until I'm a little more sure of it. Oh, it's about 3" long. Hopefully it doesn't grow to 3' !! 8O

 

[Reefguide]

Are those "Sea Spiders"? If so, those are very cool critters !!! But I think they also eat inverts, not sure though... someone will hopefully jump in and elaborate on these guys for you...

 

[danmhippo]

No, seahare is not sea spider. Lynn, I think 3" is the adult length and I have never seen one that grows any bigger than that. If you have more than one, they will breed like bunnies (guess where the name sea-hare came from......). Sea hares are perfect for refugium, they are too slow to catch your pods. They eat algae matters, diatom, film algae.....etc. I don't know about cynobacteria though. However, if you have shrimps in your refug, some hungry enough will attach on your seahare. If you do not have screens on the refugium outlet, these sea bunnies may escape and instantly becomes food for the fishes.

 

[Reefguide]

Can somebody post a picc?

 

[danmhippo]

http://www.seaslugforum.net/seahares.htm

 

[Reefguide]

Thanks Jimmy... Very cool !

 

[Anonymous]

If you have more than one, they will breed like bunnies (guess where the name sea-hare came from......).

Not to hijack the thread with trivialities, but it is my understanding that they are called sea hares due to the rabbit like ear flaps on the top of their heads.

RR :mrgreen:

 

[danmhippo]

If you have more than one, they will breed like bunnies (guess where the name sea-hare came from......).

Not to hijack the thread with trivialities, but it is my understanding that they are called sea hares due to the rabbit like ear flaps on the top of their heads.

RR :mrgreen:

Heh, I have seen that statement somewhere, but lot's of slugs has that too!

It's easier for me to remember their prolific breeding capabilities.

 

[jeffsdesigns]

I think IPSF call them Sea Bunnies.
I asked about purchasing some and they said they were out of them.

They said something about them being a seasonal thing to be able to buy them.
Mainly in the early spring.

I wanted some..but were out

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
My experience with them is that once you put them in the tank, they just disappeared gradually... never see any eggs... must be got killed or died.

 

[Anonymous]

sea hares are one of my most favorite sea creatures. in fact, that's what i have on my liscense plate - sea hare

 

[Reefguide]

Gonna have a buddy out there run your tag... Hope you dont have any outstanding tickets !!

Done... The tag comes back to a Lime Green 73 pinto... Is that right? :lol:

 

[SPC]

Done... The tag comes back to a Lime Green 73 pinto... Is that right?

-Yes, but I think she prefers to use the term baby poop green to describe this color :lol: .
Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Done... The tag comes back to a Lime Green 73 pinto... Is that right?

-Yes, but I think she prefers to use the term baby poop green to describe this color :lol: .
Steve

wow... you guys are good.

 

[danmhippo]

Jesus Christ, Tangirl should talk to you to get rid of her stalker.......

 

[JeremyR]

FWIW, sea hares have a short lifespan (less than 1 year). If you are buying them and they are large, and you buy more than one, and they breed in your tank, then yeah you have eggs but you also have dead sea hares the next day. They are also capable of inking if you upset them, but I've not noticed this to have any toxic effects in our system which is about 400 gallons. We no longer get them due to their annoying habit of breeding and dying if you keep them together, and their relatively short lifespan.

 

[Lockart]

Like many of other creatures the sea hair has a very bad survival record in the aquarium. My experience is you are pretty much buying it to watch it die. Therefore I think they should be avoided. Janets reef has a good pic of one. Here is the site. http://janetsreef.com/sea_hare.htm[/img]

 

[Henry1]

I have kept single specimen on four occasions and yes, they did a great job eating up all the cyno in the refugium.
Its ironical their lifespan are really short . . . about four months.
Didn't manage to get more than one on those occasions to attempt breeding though.

 

[Lynn]

ummm...accordng to Sprungs book, he says months to years