tiny jellyfish id. Im freaked out.!!!!!!!

[acroman76]

have alot of jelly fish swimming around in one of my tanks. it is the size of a irukandji but has more tenicales. please help afraid to put my hand in my tank. and it swims like a jellyfish and bell shaped be can rest on glass.

pic http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/falcon41176/101_0846.jpg

 

[acroman76]

i cant get a pic of the bell these are so small

 

[BLKTANG]

HMMM.

Looks like a tiny serpent star.

 

[acroman76]

no. swims like a jelly fish. have serpnt starfish in another tank that had babys. this is for sure a jelly fish.

 

[acroman76]

if you look at the pic again a serpent baby is not a perfect circle in the center. thanks thoe

 

[sagitariuscbc]

i think jelly as well!~)
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/special.html

!~)

 

[Kip]

hydroid? pretty much same thing i think

 

[acroman76]

sagitariuscbc i see there is a pic of the same thing on your website. do you know the name.

 

[anthamm93]

that not sagitariuscbc website its melevs

 

[sagitariuscbc]

Cladonema jellyfish!~)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9631699#post9631699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acroman76
sagitariuscbc i see there is a pic of the same thing on your website. do you know the name.

!~)

 

[anthamm93]

click on the pic it tells u

 

[sagitariuscbc]

http://jellieszone.com/cladonema.htm
check it out!~)

!~)

 

[tagraham]

i have got these all over my class too i did not know what the were. it does look like a super tiny jelli though. i guess thats what it is. i have yet to see one swim though my current is to stong for them i would think

 

[acroman76]

do you no how bad the sting is from these guys.

 

[HBtank]

Doh, today is irukandji day... freaky. Two threads on killers...

I am going to check my tank for sea snakes and blue ringed octopus tonight just to be sure!

 

[acroman76]

were is the other thread. and does antbody know how bad these guys sting.

 

[acroman76]

does not saying anything about stinging in the article so does this sting.

 

[tagraham]

well i have touched them and felt nothing all jellies sting at different potencys. it depends on the pray. jellies that eat fish will have a more potent sting than those that filter feed. they sting with cells called nematocysts. the nematocysts on these jellies are likely too small to puncture human skin. but on the other hand the ones that box jellies have are microscopic and You have virtually no chance of surviving the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. The pain is so excruciating and overwhelming that you would most likely go into shock and die befor your able to get help
i might be wrong and im no biologest so feel free to correct me.

 

[acroman76]

sounds right but the irukandji is same size and could take down a horse. only reason why i am freaked out is becuase i had a anemone attach me one time like a octopus. and the pain went through my bone from my hand to my chest when i started having trouble breathing. it was a curly cue anemone. and i handle anemones all the time.

 

[tagraham]

humm thats a scary deal.