My jellyfish tank diary.

coral keeper

coral keeper

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Here are a few pictures of my jellyfish tank. The tank is a 10 gallon. I already have a chiller. The jellyfish that I have is called Polyorchis.
Here is a picture of the drawing. The pump is going to pump into the chiller and is going to come out on the other side of the tank.



Here is a corner that is going to have a pump inside. I drilled 425 holes. It took me a while and my hand and my a$$ hurts! lol


Here is a picture of the jellyfish. Its in a tiny tank in my refrigerator.


 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Here are a few pictures of the complete tank.
Empty.


Getting filled.


Fully filled.

Pump pumping into the chiller.

(Sorry about the crappy quality.)
The jellyfish is going to be going into the tank tomorrow hopefully.
 
d-dzel

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Wow, that Jelly fish looks so cool! Ok, call me dumb but, what exactly are the corner of the tanks like that? Just to rotate the water flow? Or is there any special reason? Again, I have no idea
Good luck with your Jelly fish!
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by D-Dzel
http:///forum/post/2987644
Wow, that Jelly fish looks so cool! Ok, call me dumb but, what exactly are the corner of the tanks like that? Just to rotate the water flow? Or is there any special reason? Again, I have no idea
Good luck with your Jelly fish!
Thanks! lol Its so that the water can move in a circular motion. A jellyfish can't have corners like in rectangle tanks and can't have random flow like in our reef tanks.
 
spanko

spanko

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A million questions here. What does it eat? Is there no filtration? Does the tank get sand on the bottom? Does it need to have a top pc. across those two angled pcs?
That is enough for now.
 
coralreefer

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you should run only actinic light, that would really bring out the colors of the jellyfish
btw, this is going to be a sweet tank, best of luck
 
pezenfuego

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This is awesome! Absolutely awesome. So do you just feed them shrimp? How long will this specimen live? I didn't think they lived too long and had a long life cycle. What are you going to do for filtration? Just have frequent water changes? What about biological filtration?
 
naclh2o nut

naclh2o nut

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Promise to keep us updated. I have been looking for an answer to keep jellies. the commercial tanks are just to expensive. This could work! Lets see pics, better yet a video of the liitle guy in the tank.
WHERE DID YOU GET HIM! please
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2987694
A million questions here. What does it eat? Is there no filtration? Does the tank get sand on the bottom? Does it need to have a top pc. across those two angled pcs?
That is enough for now.
It eats meaty foods like tiny fish, shrimp and such. Nope, no filtration yet. Just water changes for now. Nope, it wont get sand because I will need to vacuum the bottom from the left overs and such. Nope, no top piece required.
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by coralreefer
http:///forum/post/2987729
you should run only actinic light, that would really bring out the colors of the jellyfish
btw, this is going to be a sweet tank, best of luck
Yeah, there is only one regular fluorescent light on the tank that's actinic I believe
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/2987732
This is awesome! Absolutely awesome. So do you just feed them shrimp? How long will this specimen live? I didn't think they lived too long and had a long life cycle. What are you going to do for filtration? Just have frequent water changes? What about biological filtration?
Thanks!
Yeah. Now sure to tell you the truth. I've been trying to find that out but not a hole lot of people keep them and there isn't a hole lot of info out there. Some live 6 months and there are some that live 2-3 years. It varys from specie to specie. Water changes for now. I will add biological filtration later on. First gata get the guy out of the refrigerator and into the tank.
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by NaClH2O Nut
http:///forum/post/2987737
Promise to keep us updated. I have been looking for an answer to keep jellies. the commercial tanks are just to expensive. This could work! Lets see pics, better yet a video of the liitle guy in the tank.
WHERE DID YOU GET HIM!
please
I promise. lol I'll take a video later on. I caught mine from the coast of CA.
 
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