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Caught my sea hare being weird tonight... Well, weirder than usual.

Was sitting on it's flat butt and rocking back and forth for a couple of hours. Looked a bit like yoga. Finally decided to move it in case it was actually stuck. It sat on the rocks for a minute then leaned back and trust fell off the rock. Moved it to the side of the tank and now it has climbed up the acrylic back wall and covered the intake grates. Should have let it be.

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Yup, best if you can leave them alone.
 
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Yup, best if you can leave them alone.

Probly not a good thing.

So this behavior has been ongoing and a bit concerning. However, it doesn't yet seem like it is dying or starving. It still gets up and eats--spent all of last night on top of the codium and I've seen it on the GHA a bit.

However, once it's done doing it's thing, it plops down on it's rear like you see here and starts waving it's head back and forth and side to side for several hours.

Strange, and I'm very curious as to what this behavior means!
 

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So this behavior has been ongoing and a bit concerning. However, it doesn't yet seem like it is dying or starving. It still gets up and eats--spent all of last night on top of the codium and I've seen it on the GHA a bit.

However, once it's done doing it's thing, it plops down on it's rear like you see here and starts waving it's head back and forth and side to side for several hours.

Strange, and I'm very curious as to what this behavior means!
Maybe it's looking for a friend or a mate! :cool:
 

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