Upside down jellyfish?????

[BlazinNano]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but I have a question. Has anyone ever kept upside down jellyfish. I found a place here in florda that sells them. They say they can be kept in a normal tank and do not need the round jellyfish tanks. I am thinking about trying this just cause they look cool. But I want to know if anyone has ever tried them and what was your experience with them.

Thanks

 

[-drew-]

I haven't tried them personally but they do well in square aquariums. They don't have the potent sting of a true jelly. They are filter feeders and in turn will swim head down into the sand or into the rock, glass, whatever to expose their tentacles to the water. That's how they were named upside down. My LFS had them awhile back and sold them very well. The were around $11. I was the one who actually talked them into getting the first pair.

The only thing you need to be careful of is them swimming against a powerhead or filter intake. A lower flow tank or jelly-proof setup is best. They are fairly easy if you can provide filter feeder food for it.

 

[stewart1019]

When I first set my tank up a few years ago I got one. He did great. Just sat in a corner and did his thing. Very easy to take care of. But definitely be careful of the powerheads!! You definitely need some kind of guard on them. I didn't have a guard, and one day he decided to go for a swim. He got caught up in the powerhead and was shredded. He survived, but my fish didn't. I think it poisoned the water. All my fish were jumping from the tank, acting half-paralyzed, and swimming upside down. My wife had to stand guard and put the fish back in as they jumped while I got more water to do a massive emergency water change. Over half my fish wound up dying, including my first and favorite sailfin......bad day that day. Needless to say, I'm not going to chance it again. Just be sure to have some kind of guard on your powerheads....chopped jellyfish = bad news.

 

[Wy Renegade]

I agree with the statement about them needing a low flow tank. I ordered a set of Cnidaria for my classroom many years ago, and ended up with several of them. Once the class was done with them I placed them in my tank, and they ended up blowing everywhere in the current until they finally died.

 

[blkhawk10]

They have some in my LFS in Tampa, they're in the refugium and look pretty cool.

 

[skinz78]

I have a few buddy's that used to work in a public aquarium and they told me that these were one of those creatures that were much better off if left in the ocean. Seems they have so many different needs than what we have in our reef tanks. If you were going to do a species specific tank on the other hand they are pretty easy to keep.

 

[btkrausen]

They have these on LiveAquaria ever so often. Always thought these were intriguing, but never really had the desire to try to keep one. Kinda like a squid, they are cool creatures, just wouldn't want to try to keep one in captivity.