Sea Hare?

[itZme]

Has anyone see a Sea Hare for sale locally? I used to have one that was passed around to reefers that needed it and he cleaned up like CRAZY. It has passed away and I need some algae cleaned up. If someone has one to lend out I will make him fat and happy for a month or two. If I have to buy one this time I will culture hair algae for him since they always seem to clean up and then starve.

Thanks,
-- Kevin

 

[alix2.0]

i was thinking about buying one next time i ordered from SWF, but that wont be for a couple months. after that though, id be happy to lend it out to whoever needs it.

havent ever seen any for sale around here though.

 

[itZme]

Thanks, I have bought a couple from Phishy Business in the past and they do a great job but maybe too good since they soon have no food left. They are very large (4-6" long and 3" wide)
I have been told, by people who have seen them in my tanks, that they look like a "huge ball of snot" or "uglier than a Michigan cheerleader" LOL

 

[alix2.0]

wow, that sound horrible! lol, what size tank did you have them in? how long did they take to clean it?

 

[itZme]

Had one in each 75g tanks that was overrun with hair algae and it was 98% cleaned in 2 weeks or so. It will be funny to start growing the algae on purpose but I would rather have them live after completing the task I asked of them.

Here's one:

 

[StanD]

Gee Kevin, as a veterinarian and lover of all creatures great and small, I think it's pretty lousy of you to compare this poor animal to a Michigan cheerleader.

Add another post!

StanD

 

[Jasonf08]

why dont you check out salty critter. They had one there about a month ago for around 30 bucks.

 

[itZme]

Stan you are in a posting fury lately!

Jasonf08 I am headed there today. I was just trying to find out if anyone had a confirmed sighting of one elsewhere or had one to lend out.

I will let everyone know when mine is a few days from needing a home with lots of green algae :thumbsup:

 

[oldreefer76]

Phishy has them in stock and on sale

 

[itZme]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13940482#post13940482 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oldreefer76
Phishy has them in stock and on sale

Thanks for the heads up.
I have to meet people at the Critter today to exchange some items. If he doesn't have one I will head out that way next week. It is only one and a quarter hour drive to Phishy and 50 minutes to Salty Critter so I would have a long drive ahead of me if I did both today.

-- Kevin

 

[Kreeger1]

What time are you headed to Dans?

 

[itZme]

Hoping to get there 4:30 ish but I made definite plans for 5:00. You going out there? If so, what do you have that I want to take home

 

[Kreeger1]

Not sure I can make it that time, If I do I'll bring ya a goodie or too

 

[serpentman]

Hey Kevin, did you end up picking one up? Sean and I stopped out at SC and noticed they had a couple there.

 

[tolo13]

Salty Critter just got like 10 of them in on Tuesday.

 

[itZme]

Guess I know where I'm headed after work. Thx for the update Jeff/ Ernie.

 

[Tonycip]

I was just up there may there there cool looking.. I dont think I can support 1 I dont have that much algea. would love to use one for a while..

 

[itZme]

I will let you know when they are getting close to being caught up. I will start a loaner thread and get a list going so they don't have to die like previous sea hares have.

I plan to take daily pictures of progress and I will post them on RC.

 

[ReefWidowed]

Scott totally needs to borrow it when your tank is cured....he could keep it fed for years at this rate......guess you aren't going to serdar's tomorrow? We were contemplating.