Jellyfish

[BigBlue187]

Has anyone ever tired to keep a small tank with jellies? Can you even keep jellyfish in a tank? Is there even a place where you can buy them?

I saw a show on discovery and this guy had some jellies in a round tank and I thought that it was pretty cool. I would think you would need little or no flow in the tank or you would be blowing the poor little guys all over.

Well let me know what you guys think. I haven't seen anything posted about something like this so lets hear what you think.

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

our LFS sells upside down jellys. they are fun to watch. but as i understood they need a round tank as they can get stuck in the corners and die.

 

[RobynT]

I saw jellyfish tanks at the aquarium at Waikiki ( yup, what originally inspired this whole saltwater/reef thing for me!) and my guess is that they are very specialized and have very high requirements. They were quite awesome though and they really glowed with the actinic or black lights they were using there. That's just my opinion but I don't think they would work in anything but a very very large tank.

 

[BigBlue187]

So you would have to have a very large round tank. What kind of lights were on the tanks? I'm assuming just PC. What do they feed them?

 

[BigBlue187]

Hears a site that has a lot of information about keeping jellies.

jellies

 

[Philby]

I don't know the requirements for jellyfish at all - but the blank park zoo here in DM (and other aquariums/zoos I've been to like the shedd in chicago) has jelly's in a round tank with just actinics. It's probably a 90 gallon tank about 5 ft tall. (I think robynT said NOT a large tank)

it's pretty cool, and if you could have it plumbed into an existing system (again if the requirements were the same as a reef tank, IDK) the maintenance would be almost nothing - just clean the glass (since the tanks I've seen are just water any jellys) - but i've heard that's somewhat hard with the magnets that most people have...

 

[BigBlue187]

I don't think you could plumb it in with a reef tank. The water for jellies need to be a little cooler.

 

[paper clip]

hey all, Eventually I'll get to a real introduction, but for now i have some input into this. When i told my wife i wanted to convert my tank to a reef tank she said ooOO OooOO i want sea horses, jelly fish and a shark! So i researched and told her no to everything she wanted.

Well here is what i know about jelly fish (sorry if you guys already know most of this) Most jellies come from cold water or temperate areas's i think most are reccomended for 65 degrees or so. The tank the omaha zoo has them in is cold to the touch it's also i'd say a 500+ gallon tank and yes it is round, but they keep their upside down jellies in a square tank. I think that with the upside down jellies you can get away with not having a round tank because they sit on the bottom most of the time. Another advantage of the upside down jellyfish is that they are a tropical species and you could plumb a small tank in and keep them with your reef tank, Or even IN your reef tank as they do here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooIO5Ah5T38

As far as care for jellyfish I don't know, I do know that the upside down jellies have zooanthalle (sp?) in their tentacles and that they have similar needs as that of anemones (bright light and meaty foods)

Well i hope this has been a help

Justin

 

[Atticus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10991104#post10991104 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paper clip
So i researched and told her no to everything she wanted.

I know that feeling... My wife wanted angel fish badly and just could not understand why they couldn't go in a full reef.

Thanks for the great info Justin and WELCOME!!!

 

[tibbs2]

I saw Kirk's setup to raise baby jellyfish at the BPZ a few months ago. He has a standard square tank which he then siliconed some type of plexiglass sloping in from each end so that there were no corners. I don't recall what type of pumping system he was using though.

Chris

 

[silvers]

I am pretty shure there are alot of jellys from tropical waters in the keys there are quite a few. upside down jellys get huge and move quite often and will sting coral. there is a company that specilizes in jelly aquariums for hobbyest if Im not mistaken moon jellys do alright in tropical waters.

 

[Nanemene]

I did my research here awhile back and decided it was way too much work.

 

[BigBlue187]

I read with upside down jellies you need a current pushing up. So they will stay off the bottom. I guess the always swim down.

 

[sick1166]

i collect jellies from very warm water upside downs in 6 to 10 inches of water during the summer very warm 80plus degrees also thimble, moons, manowar, all in warm water the flow is slow ill post some pics fri of tanks we have set up in public and home aquarias

 

[Nanemene]

thanks?

 

[canigetin]

Sick1166,

How often do you go out to collect? I have a jelly setup...had it custom built about a yr and a half ago. NO luck finding livestock! I had some "blue blubber" but had difficulty feeding them so they all literally disappeared (wasted away to absolutely nothing!) I'm assuming you collect from the gulf or in the keys (if you're in the U.S.) any chance on shipping??????