Jellyfish in Reef?

[tamz273]

Out of curiosity, is it possible to keep a jelly fish in a reef tank?! If so, how, if not, why?

 

[Catpicklesdog]

They require special tanks because of the way they swim. Here's a link to a "Jellyquarium"

 

[GregAW]

The link seems to be missing.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

They require special tanks because of the way they swim. Here's a link to a "Jellyquarium"

It's still working for me

 

[GregAW]

OK, I didn't see that. Looks like regular print. Thanks! Seems to me that they are a lot of trouble and very COSTLY!

 

[benmann71]

OK, I didn't see that. Looks like regular print. Thanks! Seems to me that they are a lot of trouble and very COSTLY!

they are vary have to keep & costly and is a fish that is best left for the ocean or maybe a public aquarium.

 

[tamz273]

yeh i guess so... a jellyfish aquarium would be AMAZING though... maybe wen a make a few more bucks!!

 

[Amphiprion]

Some aquaria (reefs included) do have jellies, but likely not the kind you'd expect. Hydrozoans (hydroids) have a polyp stage and a hydomedusa stage--so with some colonial hydroid species, you'll get a literal, swimming medusa. True scyphozoan jellyfish don't make it into the hobby as often, but some people do have the polyp stage that later buds into true medusae. The hydromedusae will often survive, some being adhesive and attaching to the glass. The scyphozoan medusae usually do not.