Jelliquarium anyone?

[Anonymous]

Matt, you make it sound difficult. Breaking it down and bleaching frequently is not something I'm looking to do.

I was hoping it was no more difficult than keeping SPS and clams (except feeding). Not that that SPS/Clams are real hard, but I don't want a ton of maintenance.

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Louey

Louey, look into Cassiopeia jellies. They're actually very simple in a dedicated setup. All they need is a lot of light, low flow, fine sand, and water quality that wouldn't kill a damselfish. SPS quality water would probably be bad for them, actually. :lol: They're tolerant of rapid fluctuations in salinity, temp, etc. too.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, you make it sound difficult. Breaking it down and bleaching frequently is not something I'm looking to do.

I was hoping it was no more difficult than keeping SPS and clams (except feeding). Not that that SPS/Clams are real hard, but I don't want a ton of maintenance.

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Louey

Louey, look into Cassiopeia jellies. They're actually very simple in a dedicated setup. All they need is a lot of light, low flow, fine sand, and water quality that wouldn't kill a damselfish. SPS quality water would probably be bad for them, actually. :lol: They're tolerant of rapid fluctuations in salinity, temp, etc. too.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGG

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, you make it sound difficult. Breaking it down and bleaching frequently is not something I'm looking to do.

I was hoping it was no more difficult than keeping SPS and clams (except feeding). Not that that SPS/Clams are real hard, but I don't want a ton of maintenance.

...

Louey

Louey, look into Cassiopeia jellies. They're actually very simple in a dedicated setup. All they need is a lot of light, low flow, fine sand, and water quality that wouldn't kill a damselfish. SPS quality water would probably be bad for them, actually. :lol: They're tolerant of rapid fluctuations in salinity, temp, etc. too.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGG

:lol:

Indeed they are. But how exciting are colored sticks superglued onto purple rocks?

 

[Anonymous]

I have never kept open water jellies before. Galleon has and I would plunder him for info.

From what I understand they are pretty labor intensive. You need to feed a lot, break the system down and bleach it frequently to prevent hydroids from taking over.

Mastigias and Cassiopeia are two much easier genera to keep that wouldn't require a kreisel tank. Both are photosynthetic so you also avoid the laborious feeding requirements--although they still need some food. When I was at UCD we spawned and reared Cassiopeia. They're actually very undemanding animals.

at the backer show in a.c. in '97 sprung had a kewl jelly display at his booth- a small goldfish bowl with a cassiopea and a small piece of live rock w/a macroalgae on it, run with just a halide pendant 8)

 

[Anonymous]

coprolite wrote:

Cleaning: The bottoms, edges and grates of the kreisel have to be cleaned DAILY. A quick vacuum is all that's necessary. If left unvacuumed, hydroids will rapidly overtake your system and kill your jellies. A beefy skimmer is also recommended. I'll look at the jelliquarium site to see what their setups are like. Once a month or once ever 2-3 months, you MUST remove the jellies, drain the tank, bleach the tank, rinse the tank, and refill the tank with seawater. I used to use an integrated polypro reservoir to recover the seawater for reuse. This gets rid of hydroids in the plumbing.

I ain't doing all that. That answers my questions regarding jellies. That's way too much work. That's much more work than my 300G reef was.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

Matt wrote:

Louey, look into Cassiopeia jellies. They're actually very simple in a dedicated setup. All they need is a lot of light, low flow, fine sand, and water quality that wouldn't kill a damselfish. SPS quality water would probably be bad for them, actually. They're tolerant of rapid fluctuations in salinity, temp, etc. too.

The upside down jellies don't do anything for me. They are slightly more interesting that, say, an anemone.

Part of the allure of the floating jellyfish is the way they look under colored lights. I envisioned a light fixture with a rotating color wheel.

I'm scraping this idea and sending Len his $5 back. :lol:

Louey

 

[Len]

Louey is a quitter!

 

[Anonymous]

Chris, tell him how to care for Mastigias. Maybe we can still convince him to set up a tank.

 

[Anonymous]

That's much more work than my 300G reef was.

Louey

Did the Pocillopora get the best of you? What happened? :?

 

[Anonymous]

Chris, tell him how to care for Mastigias. Maybe we can still convince him to set up a tank.

You tell him Matt, I've never grown them!

 

[Anonymous]

Matt wrote:

Did the Pocillopora get the best of you? What happened?

What, Matt, have you been asleep around here. Everyone knows that I moved into a new house a few weeks ago and the 300G is being broken down. In fact, removing the remaining livestock is what I have been working on today. Sucks to be me.

Louey