Sea Hare?

[brett042001]

I have heard that sea hares can release ink which harms fish! I was thinking about getting one but not if it harms my fish. Doe's anyone know if the ink affects the fish or if they even release ink?

 

[tj w]

They most definitely will release ink. Mine got caught up in my powerhead and when I went to get him out he released a purple ink. Luckily it was when my tank was running fallow. They are neat lil guys but grow large and eat a lot. Make sure to supplement feedings if you don't have quite a bit of algae for him.

 

[eatbreakfast]

In a large system the filtration will handle the ink, in a smaller system it may be more problematic.

They only ink when really bothered though. I work with an LFS and have only ever had one ink out of the many that have crossed my path.

 

[Chanjad385]

I've got one just started week 2

I've been monitoring him every day to make sure he ain't dead

Guy who works at my lfs said his died and wiped out some of his coral :/

He didn't notice it was dead until it was pretty much decomposing

Death might result in an ammonia spike but other than that I reckon you should be ok

Floss, socks and skimmer should take most of the ink I reckon

I've heard these sea hare's are great if you have an algae problem