Upside Down Jelly

[justinl]

probably should mention why we keep stressing low flow and light being vital. Casseopeia sp. generally only occur in very low flow shallow marine/brackish waters like lagoons and mangrove flats. Ive been told by a friend that if you look off a given dock in Florida, you will likely see large amounts of these jellies littering the sand bottom. again, docks are usually made in shallow areas with low flow.

reeferious & anthony, what was the lighting type/wattage you guys kept your jellies under? And do you guys know where to find these things in vancouver?

subman, I apologize if i'm hijacking. i think it's relevant to your question though.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Picked mine up from King Ed's. Mine was in a 5 gallon nano with a tiny mixing powerhead and a 27 watt CFL Phillips daylight light overhead. When in Irene's reef tank, it was under a 175w MH.

If I do it again, I will set up a 15g with sand bottom and prolifera caulerpa, lit by a 150w 14000k MH and with one or two tiny mixing powerheads for flow. The only Live Rock I would put in would be rounded pieces with no sharp edges.

I had actually set up a 25g rimless casseopia tank, but the jellies that came in on my last special order were not the upside down ones, so they didn't do well. Needed a special true jelly tank, not the refugium type setup I had for upside down jellies.

Anthony

[reeferious]

you hit it right on nailhead. it was a ghetto setup(icecream bucket with numerous holes drilled from inside plunked into sump/refugium under 2x54 t5. i also bought it from kinged pets which seems to be only place that occasionally offer it for sale.