My HUGE pet sea hare

-boy u all sure are interested in his poop. personaly I guess I havent really payed any attention to his poop.

-Nori. what is it and were can i get it.

-were my brother got it i dont know.

- camera i used is a nikon s550. just took the pic did nothing different.

-"Where's the POP, Rudy"........... WHAT?????????
 
You can get a big pack of nori at any Asian market. They're those big packs of seaweed that are used for sushi. Make sure you get nori that is not seasoned.
 
As mentioned Nori can be had from Asian markets. You want the NON-seasoned kind. It will be either green or reddish-brown depending on whether it has been roasted or not.

It can be purchased online as well.
 
you can get Nori at the Dominics

so I told the wife when she went to the store pic me up some sushi wraps and ROMANE LETTUCE.
but you probally already have it as it is used to wrap sushi
 
I would try some darker leaf lettuce like spinach and kale. I cut the bottoms off of mine and stick it in a vase of RO/DI water with selcon, and vitamins and minerals added. It takes it up into the leaf and helps nutritionally...kind of like gut loading crickets.
That thing is a monster for sure. Do you have a problem with it knocking down corals or anything? Thanks for the pictures.
Just wondering....what did your brother pay for that thing. Hope it wasn't by the pound!!
 
I dont no how much?

look at what this thing is doing today. I have no clue what its doing.

i no this is were the food went into but maybe it poops out its mouth also?????

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To all those asking about it's poop... :) I had a sea hare for a while, and I DID pay quite a bit of attention to it's poop, and these things poop like crazy... Usually, mine would have a trail of dark green turds on it's back and on a trail behind it at all times. They eat like crazy, and yes, they poop like crazy:)
 
And to the guy that started this thread: No, they don't poop out of their mouth... look closely and you'll see a hole in it's back, not where you would think it's *** would be, but a bit higher, and you'll see a hole that opens and closes. This is where it poops... and if yours is anything like mine, you'll notice that it poops very often, and you'll probably see trails of the stuff coming out of it on a very regular basis... Here's the thing though: although these guys are great for algea control, they will normally starve in a tank, and although what you are doing (by feeding it lettuce and what not) is a GREAT idea, to me, it seems like it would be much easier to just go with the normal hermits and snails, instead of having to drop vegetables in your tank on a regular basis just to keep this "reef elephant" alive... Just my 2 cents:)
 
Lukot [Dongsul - Marine Spaghetti] is a marine delicacy sold in many Filipino restaurants. It's delicious and looks exactly like green spaghetti, and I have been told it is the 'secretions' of a seaslug (Aplysia ).

I have included it in my webpage on 'Seaweeds as Food" at:
http://www.coconutstudio.com/Philippinecaviare.htm

Locality: Siargao Island, Philippines, Pacific, Visayan Sea

Could someone please advise what kind of 'secretions' they are, so that I could put my squeamish thoughts to rest?

regards
Richard Parker
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Parkere, R., 2006 (Aug 1) Lukot - Marine Spaghetti from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find.cfm?id=17296

Dear Richard,
The 'spaghetti' is the egg string of a sea hare. If you look at Nerissa Bontia's earlier message [# 3047] I think we can pretty sure the animal producing the eggs is Dolabella auricularia. If you look closely at the close up photo you can see the individual eggs in the egg string. Have a look at the earlier messages on the D. auricularia page for further discussion

If you want further information on Sea Hares have a look at the General Topics list where there is a whole section on these animals.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 1). Comment on Lukot - Marine Spaghetti from the Philippines by Richard Parker. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find.cfm?id=17296


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I hate to rain on the parade, but that's not a particularly big sea hare. That's the normal size for an adult A. dactylomela and many of the other common sea hares, including Dollabella. One Australian species even gets to about 2 feet- that's a big sea hare. This is part of the reason most sea hares aren't well suited to captivity.

As you've already figured out, the slug is laying eggs. This is generally not a good sign. Quite often this is a prelude to death for these animals.

Even without the eggs, the prognosis for this animal wouldn't be great. They're very short lived in the wild (about a year or two), and a fully grown one like this almost certainly doesn't have more than a couple of months left. Also, the fact that this species, which is usually uncommon in the hobby, has recently been showing up a lot is not a good sign either. Many species of sea hares gather in shallow water for a few weeks each year and then most of them die, possibly after mating. However, this makes them an easy target for collectors who may or may not realize they're dying animals. As a result, with some of the species, you see seasonal spikes in the numbers coming into the hobby- exactly what I've seen over the past 2 weeks or so with this species.
 
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