Dollabella sea hare

[Delatedlotus]

Hello Reefers one and all :). I have just a couple questions or two about Dollabella hares. Has anyone had one? If so, will a dollabella hare clean up the sides of a 120g reef tank like all the way to the top? Permitting there is a "great load" of GHA... As I just have it on the sides of the glass and it's in between the back rocks and glass. I cant get to it and I think I a hare will do... I have no GHA so far on any rocks at all but I need to act fast - I am sure. I do not want to use Vibrant ever again but need be , I do have 32oz's lol. Thanks I would appreciate any advise or any past experience's with a Dollabella.

 

[BristleWormHater]

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[joseph scott]

I have two sea hares in my 150 tall, and two in my 75 gallon tank. I have seen them go up the glass all the way to the top. They are algae eating machines. My oldest i have had for more than two years, it’s about 7 inches long. I was catching it and rotating it between tanks. Then i got three more so I wouldn’t have to do that. Don’t get the black California sea hares, they didnt eat much when i had them. I run my tanks at 80 degrees so maybe that was too warm for that species and they died. Make sure your power heads are on an off and on wave function. I find that prevents them from getting stuck in the power heads.

 

[littlefoxx]

Ive had a few, great for algae and will eat all it up! They dont live longer than a year…

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I have one currently in my 120, granted they are a little slow in my tank (which is completely covered in gha, was choking a few of my corals) but they do work, I've seen them climb the glass but I've noticed they tend to clean the sandbed/lower rock structures first before climbing to find foos

 

[Delatedlotus]

I have two sea hares in my 150 tall, and two in my 75 gallon tank. I have seen them go up the glass all the way to the top. They are algae eating machines. My oldest i have had for more than two years, it’s about 7 inches long. I was catching it and rotating it between tanks. Then i got three more so I wouldn’t have to do that. Don’t get the black California sea hares, they didnt eat much when i had them. I run my tanks at 80 degrees so maybe that was too warm for that species and they died. Make sure your power heads are on an off and on wave function. I find that prevents them from getting stuck in the power heads.

Cool.. Thank you I just have never been around one before. We learn every day.. I will get a couple of them, no LFS around me I will have to put in an order. ASAP !!! But another question that you brought up, how do you supplement them after MOST (if not all) the GHA is gone...? I fact you are raising them at this point is that correct?

 

[Delatedlotus]

Cool.. Thank you I just have never been around one before. We learn every day.. I will get a couple of them, no LFS around me I will have to put in an order. ASAP !!! But another question that you brought up, how do you supplement them after MOST (if not all) the GHA is gone...? I fact you are raising them at this point is that correct?

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[kamroks]

Jumping in on this one, hope you don't mind.

I've had my Dolabella for a few months now and yesterday I caught my puffer nipping at it and the Hare started to release his ink.
Luckily I caught it happening at the very moment so I pulled him out of the tank.
I've heard mixed things but apparently their ink isn't completely toxic and 24 hours later there's been no impact to the fish or corals after upping the skimmer and adding fresh carbon.

Question now is what to do with the Dolabella? His sack is still out, see pic.

Be awful to bin him but doubt anyone would take him off my hands like this.

 

[kamroks]

 

[Delatedlotus]

Thit... I bought 2 for GHA. Acclimated them perfect for about 6 hours to my tanks water - dripped ever so slowly. Put them in my tank and didn't want to move at all. Hours and hours finally both crawled back behind the rocks. One ate a little tiny bit over the next 24 hours, never saw the other one again.. THEN both where gone... That sucked :(

 

[jshep13]

Question: I have a sea hare arriving next week. What’s the best method for acclimating them to your tank? I’ve seen a lot of mixed responses.

 

[Delatedlotus]

Just saw this I tried to acclimate them for some 6 hours.. Both died in 24 hours.. How did you do...????????????

 

[GARRIGA]

No experience with Hares but as to acclimation. Never acclimate CUC and is that really necessary with Hares?

 

[JumboShrimp]

I actually didn't remember them climbing the glass, until I found this photo from my old tank. They are algae-eating machines, but as someone mentioned, if they last a year you're doing well.