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**Wayne Sallee** · November 15th 07, 06:39 PM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs

They often die even when there's plenty of algae.

Wayne Sallee

Steve Heath wrote on 11/14/2007 3:36 PM:
"gaijin" wrote in message
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Sorry for posting this message twice. I accidentally captioned my
last post with a mistake in the subject line and thought it might get
caught in sporge onslaught!

Recently I have been battling a hair algae problem.

I put in a sea hare and phosphate remover and within a couple of days
all was good. The sea hare was healthy, but after about a week, he
just seemed to dissappear. About a month later, I put another sea
hare in. He was there for approximately 2 months or more, moving all
over the tank, and then the same thing happened. One day, I didn't
notice thim there and that went onto several days, and it looks like
this one vanished into thin air.

Are these things hardy, do they die with the lack of hair algae to
feed on (He seemed to be feeding off the glass and the rocks).

That's the problem with sea hares. Once the bulk of the algae is gone, they
die unless you provide them with an alternate source of food.