Do sea hares eat bryopsis?
Sea hares will not eat bryopsis.
Are lettuce sea slugs reef safe?
Lettuce sea slugs make great tank inhabitants. They are reef safe. The only problem is making sure they have enough algae to eat.
What do lettuce nudibranchs eat?
algae
Atlantic Lettuce Slug, Lettuce Nudibranch – Elysia crispata. Often noted as an algae eater, this animal is often purchased and added to the home aquarium to control nuisance hair algae. The Lettuce Slug doesn’t eat hair algae, however, they eat bryopsis.
What can I feed my sea hare?
Sea hares eat nothing but algae, and most pet Aplysia species eat specifically hair algae. If your sea hare consumes all the algae in the tank, provide it with dried algae or seaweed to eat until more algae grows.
Are sea hares nocturnal?
These slug like animals are nocturnal, poisonous, plant eating machines, with an internal shell and no spines or thick skin. Instead, sea hares use poisonous secretions from their skin and a can shoot a cloud of purple ink to deter predators.
Are nudibranch reef safe?
Nudibranchs are an incredible sea animal that are commonly found along coral reefs. Some nudibranchs graze coral reefs and rock reefs albeit slowly, looking for sponges and other small sessile invertebrates to eat. Others are perfectly reef safe and devour nuisance algae.
Can you keep nudibranchs in an aquarium?
Compatibility. Generally Reef and Invert Safe, although some may eat sponges, tunicates and some corals. Use caution since most nudibranch diet is largely unknown. Do not keep more than one nudibranch to a tank.
Can sea hares eat lettuce?
They can be fed red algae their entire life, such as Gracilaria. There is a note from someone at the Birch that they feed Ulva to the hares in their touch tank. And according to the NIH-Aplysia Resourse Facility their hares will eat Romaine lettuce or Nori.