Jelly Fish

[wcolwell88]

Is there any type of small jelly fish that can be kept in a home aquarium?

[BMorgan]

I was wondering the same thing....

[emonemo420]

very very very good ?....that would b soooo cool to have...but dont they kill fish normally?????hmmmm research research research.....if ne one has any idea post it up....but the ? is if u do find a type u can put in there where would u get it from...ive never seen one in a FS

[wcolwell88]

Right now I'm reading this:
http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/r_toonen_051798.html

[Grins]

You need special tanks for them. I found this site a few months ago: http://www.jelliquarium.com/

[emonemo420]

the answer is pretty much no for a few reasons , one it cant be kept with other fish because a majority of them are cold water fish, two most of them require crazy lighting "I have found that they need an inordinate amount of light, and have only flourished in a tank with a very high lighting output in my experience" (http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/r_toonen_051798.html) and that would b the only thing u could really keep in the tank...so sure if thats all u wanna keep but there is much more interesting species out there

[wcolwell88]

Yes I agree, You could keep them with seahorses, but those are extremely hard to keep too. I think I'll stick to my 29 gal. FOWLR tank I'm working on.

[Dangerdoll]

I have heard that on top of that, you have to be careful about corners in the tank because if they crash into them, it can kill them.

[marine_geek]

Iv herd of some people havening luck with upside down jellyfish...I don't know much about them though

[emonemo420]

good idea:dance2:

[marine_geek]

http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_inverts/swi1782.html

some info on upside down jellyfish

[marine_geek]

Family: Cassiopeidae
Range: Caribbean, Indo-Pacific
Size: Up to 8 inches
Diet: Carnivore
Tank Set-up: Marine: Rocks, sand
Reef Compatible: No
Tank Conditions: 72-78ºF; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4
Temperament: Peaceful
Venomous: Yes
Care Level: Experts only

some quick stats from
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1901&articleid=2119

[Grins]

Here is some more from the site I linked to:
http://www.jelliquarium.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=3164

[equus_peduus]

Not very practical in terms of possibilities of in-home aquaria, but when I went on a behind-the-scenes tour with the Monterey Bay Aquarium vet a few years ago, I remember him saying that they had a lot of trouble getting their jellyfish exhibits to work. I honestly don't remember the details, but I do remember that corners was part of it, as well as figuring out the whole waterflow thing where they wouldn't get blown into corners, or having stagnant spots in the tank. The water runs in a circular (oval?) flow around the tank - I believe that there is an intake and an outtake on opposite sides to send the water up the rounded side and around again. If that makes any sense. I do not recall what he said about lighting.

Pretty much the whole aquarium is run off of feeds from the Bay (unless they've got a red tide or something going on, where they use filtration systems that are set up as backup to recycle the water), so they've always got fresh ocean water coming in for all their tanks, and I expect that factors into their success as well...

If I recall, the tanks appear rectangular from the front. But they're not really... here's the couple pictures I took... first one is from behind, 2nd is from the side of the tank (I appear to have rotated the picture shortly after the trip (since vertical is how I saved it on my computer), but looking at it now, I'm not sure that makes sense, as all the jellies are upside down on the display side), and the 3rd is what the general public sees. and all the jellyfish tanks are the same, except some variation in size for a few, IIRC.

Sorry I don't recall more details - I'd been up since 4am that day, we went whalewatching in the morning (saw some dolphins, I got seasick for the first time in my life), and then the tour was in the afternoon, and while it was interesting, since there was little that I was planning on applying practically into my life, I took as "that's pretty neat" but didn't really take notes or anything. Sorry I didn't take better pics of the setup, but again, at the time, I wasn't interested enough to do that...

[wcolwell88]

Cool pics, I've read about the special tank setups that they need. I think I could do it if I had the money, but not interested enough to use a tank and a bunch of money just for jelly fish. Thanks everybody for the info.