Where can I get a Sea Hare in the chicago land area?

[paininthewrasse]

Subject says it all..

whos got one?

 

[Mojo Jojo]

What do those things do?

 

[MrMexReefer]

scotts pet shop in westchester usually has them PITW.

 

[paininthewrasse]

eat they hair algea.. Its for a friend of mine whos having some hair algea issues.. He asked me if I saw any in the stores around here but I havent really been to any of them in a while so I figured i'd post and find out.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I've seen them at Coral Reef in Norridge & Ocean's Floor in Chgo. Be sure all his intakes are covered or bye-bye bunny.

 

[bigevill1]

aquascapes in hobart has them right now.

 

[lsvagabond]

lemme know if you get one, it does the job and your ready to pass it along. I saw one at oceans floor(cool looking little bugger) over the weekend but avoided it hoping there was still one being passed around on this site. I hear they die shortly after running out of hair algea to eat.

 

[bigevill1]

mine never had any hair algea to eat to begin with, and is doing fine. It eats red slime, diatoms and everything else that can be found in my tank at this point.

 

[jeemann99]

reef plus North Aurora

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I bought one at Oceans Floor on Saturday

 

[PSam]

Old Orchard has a nice blue spot (Bursatella leachii)- they'll do better for hair algae than some of the more common ones.

 

[kimoy]

i bought one at OF late last year and it has grown since. i saw one at AR last week.

 

[Steverino]

Tropiquatics in Lombard had one about a week ago on my last visit.

 

[jski711]

hey pitw, why doesn't your buddy just post on this site???

 

[lsvagabond]

hmmm... is there any truth to urchins eating hair algae? One of the guys at Ocean's floor talked me outta the sea hair and into an urchin saying it wouldnt die after all the hair was gone and would do just as good of a job.

 

[BiggySmalls]

i think orland pet shop has one or 2. they are on john humphrey drive in orland park

 

[fishgeeksrus]

I need one too! Willing to share????

 

[PSam]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9420689#post9420689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lsvagabond
hmmm... is there any truth to urchins eating hair algae? One of the guys at Ocean's floor talked me outta the sea hair and into an urchin saying it wouldnt die after all the hair was gone and would do just as good of a job.

IME, urchins will eat hair algae...

and turf algae, and coralline algae...

as well as knock over frags + other items of comparable size....

 

[joroscoe]

I actually just got one in from LiveAquaria today. I have a couple of systems that need treatment and I think I will be up for trading him around afterwards. Hit me up in like two or three weeks.

 

[jcavanaugh18]

I have a tuxedo urchin in my tank, no hair algae anywhere. He does carry around a few too many zoanthid frags. Anyone want to trade me something for him?