socal_aqua
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how hard is it to keep a small jellyfish ? the store tells me it's fine for a 24 gallon nano as long as there's no sucking filter where the jelly might get stuck in....any suggestions? thx!
jellyfish?
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michaeltx
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it takes alot to keep them alive not just no sucking power heads. most of the ones you can get need a much cooler tank than what we keep our tanks at. so the need specialized filtration, current, feeding, and pristine water conditions to even have a chance of surival. They are best left in the ocean or to speacilized keepers that have the equipment to keep them alive IMO
Mike
Mike
lion_crazz
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Originally Posted by MichaelTX
it takes alot to keep them alive not just no sucking power heads. most of the ones you can get need a much cooler tank than what we keep our tanks at. so the need specialized filtration, current, feeding, and pristine water conditions to even have a chance of surival. They are best left in the ocean or to speacilized keepers that have the equipment to keep them alive IMO
Mike
I fully agree.
it takes alot to keep them alive not just no sucking power heads. most of the ones you can get need a much cooler tank than what we keep our tanks at. so the need specialized filtration, current, feeding, and pristine water conditions to even have a chance of surival. They are best left in the ocean or to speacilized keepers that have the equipment to keep them alive IMO
Mike
I fully agree.
socalracer
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i was amazed when this fish store in fullerton, CA had a regular tank with about 20 in them i asked the oqner he said they were very hardy and they would be fine....then i do 10 min of research and find out he is another idiot
socal_aqua
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but...the ocean is far from pristine...especially when they keep dumping all this crap in it. i've seen jellies flourising in dirty areas...like, waiting for a table @ a restaurant in newport beach, there are jellies in the inlets near where the boats are docked, and the water is FITLHY! there were like 12 of them...maybe they died soon after, but i can't be sure...
ophiura
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Most need very specialized tanks called Kriesel tanks that have a particular type of flow and no corners. Most encountered are colder water species as mentioned, but not all. The only one's that stand a chance in normal tanks are upside down jellyfish - Cassiopea - but these also can get sucked onto powerheads and filters. In short, you really do need some research, specialized tanks, etc.
scsinet
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You can't reasonably make a comparison from plain observation of the ocean to an aquarium environment anyway. Pollution aside, closed systems allow all sorts of things to build up.
Think of it this way... humans live in very polluted environments. If you take a human that lives in... say an industrial area that's heavily polluted and stick him in a sealed box that's a handful of times larger than he is with a basic life support system lots of things will build up in that system completely apart from the environment he was in that will affect his health... such as disease, bacteria, etc.
Anyhoo, I agree with the guys above... Jellies are nice, and many have succeeded, but it's one of those things that reaches systemal complexity that puts them in the "not worth it" category. ... JMO.
Think of it this way... humans live in very polluted environments. If you take a human that lives in... say an industrial area that's heavily polluted and stick him in a sealed box that's a handful of times larger than he is with a basic life support system lots of things will build up in that system completely apart from the environment he was in that will affect his health... such as disease, bacteria, etc.
Anyhoo, I agree with the guys above... Jellies are nice, and many have succeeded, but it's one of those things that reaches systemal complexity that puts them in the "not worth it" category. ... JMO.