We just got home from my sister in laws funeral to find two of our urchins dead, after further inspection, we find the culprit - our sea hare has split into two. Not sure how, not sure we want to know, but now we're trying to find out what to do with what is still alive. We're currently transferring to our newly set up tank, but how do we get rid of the toxin from the sea hare? Is the rock contaminated too?
Help....
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Mikeyjer
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Sea Hare toxin should not be that bad. I have left a dead one in my tank before cause I can't get to it since it was underneath all the rock work. I didn't lose a single fish or inverts because of it. You should do a large water change and run carbon. Then do another water change again the next day and run fresh carbon again. Wait to see what happens. They should be fine!
fallinapart
Premium Member
Excellent advice, just do what Michael suggested.
Norman
Norman
Mikeyjer
New member
Sea Apple is very toxic!!!! I also want to ask what kind of urchins did you have? I was worried about the Sea Hare's toxic when it got caught in the pump and it started squirting out stuffs into my tank, but it was fine. Everything went on their own business and was not bothered by it....
DMBillies
Active member
We had a sea hare at one point (I won't buy another for a lot of reasons) and it died. Didn't bother anything in the tank including urchins. Had to leave it in there because we couldn't get to it behind the rocks.
My suggestion would be to consider other things that might have killed all 3 of them... and that list could be really long.
My suggestion would be to consider other things that might have killed all 3 of them... and that list could be really long.
