Dolabella Sea Hare

[H@rry]

Ugly Algae Eating blob of Jello

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Ugly Algae Eating blob of Jello

This would give my wife nightmares hahahha

 

[Globalbutterfly]

Awesome algae eating blob of jello!
Also Zen flow surfers.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Awesome algae eating blob of jello!
Also Zen flow surfers.

Wooooah
Now I really want one

 

[Globalbutterfly]

He was my absolute fav in the tank until he turned suicidal and tried to clean the inside of my powerhead. Very, very sad day.

 

[H@rry]

I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

I've had them on and off over the years and never had an issue with ink. From by readings the Dolabella are not the variety of Sea Hares that ink the tank. In the past when they run out of algae they just "went missing" in the tanks. I recently have an issue with hair algae in one of my tanks and I remembered how the ones I've had in the past cleaned it up so I put two more in that tank last week. I usually only see them at night but they are constantly grazing algae.

 

[Brew12]

I would love to get one if they didn’t walk around with a c4 style toxic ink in there back pocket all day.

This specific species doesn't!

I had no idea a completely safe version of these existed before @Tomoko Schum pointed it out.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Oh no way. Thank you guys for this knowledge! I know exactly what I’m getting next April fools day hahah

 

[Tomoko Schum]

They are fun to watch. It looks like a cow grazing on grass to me than a hare.

 

[H@rry]

They are fun to watch. It looks like a cow grazing on grass to me than a hare.

Exactly! I remember seeing one eating hair algae and you could see it sucking the fibers into its mouth.

 

[aslmx]

Sea hares are awesome but when you're out of algae they need to go to a new home. Mine ate all the algae in 2 weeks and I had a pasture of it.

 

[H@rry]

Yeah, I'll just rotate then to another tank when they clean up.

 

[H@rry]

Yeah, I'll just rotate then to another tank when they clean that tank.

 

[Brew12]

Do these jello blobs of current surfing algae eating glory eat turf algae and Bryopsis or is it just the hair algaes?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

They are known to be generalist algae eaters. They feed on a variety of algae such as hair and turf algae, but they also eat red, green, or brown macro algae such as Dictyota. They can be sustained on lettuce supposedly.

 

[Monkeynaut]

What is best for dealing with green film algaes? Or is it snails?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I think snails, such as Trochus or Turbo, would be good candidates.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php

 

[H@rry]

Saltwaterfish.com has them on sale today for $10/

 

[headdr]

Where is a good place to get a sea hare? I have some turf i want gone?