Sea Hare Worries

I have 2x seahares in my 55 that hitched a ride on my lr, over the 10 months they have grown to about 1 to 1 and half inch, coming out in the evening, there is barely any green algae in my tank, not even enough for one, should i take one to the lfs and if so, is there a way to pluck it from the rock without it releaseing toxin, these things seem to get crammed into any crook and cranny...

 

I would get return both of them (sell them) IMHO. Sea Hares can starve in one tank. It takes a lot of algea and crud for a sea hare to stay well fed. I have heard of people sharing them between each other...keeping one until algea controlled, then sending to another persons tank for a while, etc.

Sell it back to the LFS and get something for your hitchhiker!

 

Oh no, I have sea hares and I notice they are multiplying! I'm getting the impression this is not a good thing.

 

ok what exactly is a sea hair is there any pics that i can see?

 

If you want to try and feed it just use seaweed, sometimes will eat that. Otherwise just slowly pull them off. Make sure they are in a spot that is east to get them off, ie not in crany or cave. If its done quick and softly you shouldnt have to worry about chemicals in your tank. You best bet is going to be at night, so mabye keep that in mind and have heated bucket to keep them in till you can get to your LFS. Or pull the whole rock they are on, put that in a bucket and mabye they will crawl off.

 

this is my sea hare pic is old though he has grown.

 

im sorry i cant really see them... but i have these like tiny tubes comming off this rock with like fine hairs comming out... and they are growing in a cluster ill try and impose a pic just not sure what its gona turn out should b on left bottom corner.

 

You can't see the pic I posted or the tubes in your rocks?

 

after lookin closer to your pic it looks like a snail... the tube things u can see on my pic but u cant see the tiny hairs stickin out

 

well the one in my pick is 3 1/2 inches long and almost 3 inchs across..lol. yeah his shell is on the inside. theres a hole on his back that water goes through and a hole on the very backside that water and waste come out. those pointy things on his head are like ears.he has small white eyes also.he can stretch up to 4 inches.

as far as the tubes if they don't move then its probably just a filter feeder. do the hairs go into the tube if you try to touch it? if you can get a closer pic and start a thread in the id this someone might be able to tell you more.