Concerning sea hare behavior

[JoJosReef]

I posted last night about my sea hare doing a funny sitting and rocking behavior:

Sea Hare Yoga

Caught my sea hare being weird tonight... Well, weirder than usual. Was sitting on it's flat butt and rocking back and forth for a couple of hours. Looked a bit like yoga. Finally decided to move it in case it was actually stuck. It sat on the rocks for a minute then leaned back and trust fell...

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12 hours later, it is still doing it and hasn't moved from the spot it was last night. I've had the hare for 6 days so far.

Does anyone have experience with sea hares and know what is going on?

Tank: Evo 13.5g

Rocks: mix of CaribSea LifeRock and TBS gulf rocks with plenty of GHA.

Other inhabitants of note: 2 RFAs that I was worried could sting the hare, but seems like the hare touches them without reacting; serpent seastar, saron shrimp, pom pom crab, 2 docile clowns; plenty of codium and even red grape Brotycladia to munch on aside from the GHA (I've seen it spend hours on top of the codium).

Params: Will get new measurements tonight, but NO3 has been running around 15-20ppm; PO4 variable in 0.1-0.5ppm range; Alk 9.5dKh, all tested with Salifert. Mg runs high due to HW salt mix (i.e. >1600), but I don't test Mg often.

 

[Dburr1014]

How long was your acclimation process?
Do you also feed it?

 

[JoJosReef]

How long was your acclimation process?
Do you also feed it?

Went about an hour. Water in the bag was close to my sg (1.023 vs 1.026). Didn't drip, but I manually added periodically. Sea gare had a short trip from LFS to home, so not much concern about ammonium accumulation in the bag.

I haven't been feeding it since I was hoping it would work on the GHA. I can give it an algae tab to see if it perks up, or a bit of nori.

 

[Dburr1014]

Went about an hour. Water in the bag was close to my sg (1.023 vs 1.026). Didn't drip, but I manually added periodically. Sea gare had a short trip from LFS to home, so not much concern about ammonium accumulation in the bag.

I haven't been feeding it since I was hoping it would work on the GHA. I can give it an algae tab to see if it perks up, or a bit of nori.

See Hares are extremely intolerant of changes. They need about a 4 Hour acclimation.
I would say take it out of the tank and smell it and see if it's still alive.

 

[JoJosReef]

See Hares are extremely intolerant of changes. They need about a 4 Hour acclimation.
I would say take it out of the tank and smell it and see if it's still alive.

It is still alive and moving, but I'll keep an eye on it. I might move it to a new soot to see if it changes position. Noted for future.