Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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I added some Caulerpa in my tank from a friend of mine. I can only assume this came attached in the polyp stage has probably been in the tank for a long time. This tank is 2 years old & I hadn't added anything till around 6 months ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2N0nKkdO1s
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Vorteil - that is incredible! I have watched the video several times. Can it live in brackish water? If so, will it eat the shrimp? I wonder if the poor thing will be lonely being the only jelly in tank ..... Thanks for taking the time to share this amazing occurrence and video. 8)
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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These are so pretty. Toxic but great to look at lol. The article says they eat copepods I wonder if they might eat opae too? Fascinating. It looks very happy and healthy. I like it!
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Seems to be more than one in the tank. I've counted maybe 6 so far? They move around so it seems they are never in the same place the next day. I'm surprised they are in brackish water and doing well it seems.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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This is really cool, are they still alive?
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Yes still alive.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Oh man, that's super cute.
I would give the world to have it!!!!
Let us buy some if they multiple in hundreds and congratz by the way.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Are they still around? If so, they must be snacking on something (such as shrimp larvae, juveniles) to stick around. Very interesting animals!
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Yes still around. I'm planning to remove these to a separate tank. I don't see the copepods as I used to as well as any Opae Ula floaters.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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I see, keep us updated. These are very interesting animals. They did not reproduce, I assume, right?
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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I think it came on some Caulerpa Prolifera. It had been in my tanks for over 4 months maybe? I hadn't added anything new so that's the only thing I could think of.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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How is the Caulerpa Prolifera doing in the brackish water so far? Does it require stronger salt concentration than typical brackish water?
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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It's doing too good. I don't care for it anymore due to the fact that it grows too fast.
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Re: Something Jelly Appeared In My Tank

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Do you tanks get direct sunlight in addition to LED light?
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