upside down jellyfish

[mark]

Originally Posted by dsaundry

Everything I have read says they are not reef safe. Here's a quick link.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...543&pcatid=543

considering they rest on the sand, wondering why not reef compatible?

[dsaundry]

Sting corals and fish..they can move.

[monocus]

i have them in a 40 gal tank with 2 firefish gobies,some mushrooms and a turban coral(couple of crabs,snails& a tiger cowry.they are harmless and stick to the bottom of the tank,or the sides of the glass.they feed on light and maybe some phyto.i have handled them many times with no effects(unlike some corals or anenomies).as far as i'm concerned they are reef safe as they are not preditory.i also have about 50 in the tank ranging from 1/4 inch to 1 1/2 inches with more starting in other tanks.
once in a while they will move through the water collumn but most of the time they are on the bottom

[Colby82]

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/08/15/de...ellyfish-tank/

can at least get a stand alone low flow tank...

[MKLKT]

To be fair though I wouldn't be surprised if it was an opportunistic feeder, it's listed as omni/carnivore. Like your tiger cowrie (I tried one once had problems with it eating certain corals and slower animals as well as bulldozing the liverock like crazy), I'd wager it needs a setup that has the least chance for causing problems. Certainly a "with caution".

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by MKLKT

To be fair though I wouldn't be surprised if it was an opportunistic feeder, it's listed as omni/carnivore. Like your tiger cowrie (I tried one once had problems with it eating certain corals and slower animals as well as bulldozing the liverock like crazy), I'd wager it needs a setup that has the least chance for causing problems. Certainly a "with caution".

Cassiopeia's have a pretty mild sting. They are mostly photosythetic via zooxantellae but will catch small prey like pods and such from the water. They are primarily benthic and will only leave the sand unless you really p--- them off.. so they're not really going to go hunting for anything and are not likely to cause any major damage to all but the most sensitive corals. If a fish gets eaten by one of these guys, it's evolution saying that fish was pretty retarded and not fit for life. I'd call these guys 100x more reefsafe than my mini-maxi carpet nem.

They're pretty easy to care for. As they not pelagic and tend to rest on the substrate, they don't need specialized planktonkreisels to keep them from touching the sides of the tank.