So my boyfriend and a few of his friends regularly go boating on a nearby river-lake and came back yesterday with a two liter bottle half full of water with about 10 freshwater jellyfish. I didn't believe him when he called me on his way back and told me what they'd found, but looking at them there is no denying what they are.
They measure an average of about 1cm in diameter and are completely see through with little tentacles around the perimeter of the balloon looking mushroom head thingy, there's also larger more substantial tentacles hanging down from the center of some depending on the size of the organism (sorry I don't know the technical terms for jellyfish anatomy). I did a very little bit of research and found out they do in fact exist and are a real thing (go figure), and that according to the wildlife commission and army core of engineers records they have been found in this body of water before.
My question is, does anyone know anything about caring for these little guys, what they eat and if it is available for purchase, can they go into a tank with two plecos, do you need a special kind of filter for it to be safe for them, and in general any information on how hard it is to care for jellyfish. I literally know nothing about them and have never seen them in my local fish store or very many invertebrates for that matter. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
They measure an average of about 1cm in diameter and are completely see through with little tentacles around the perimeter of the balloon looking mushroom head thingy, there's also larger more substantial tentacles hanging down from the center of some depending on the size of the organism (sorry I don't know the technical terms for jellyfish anatomy). I did a very little bit of research and found out they do in fact exist and are a real thing (go figure), and that according to the wildlife commission and army core of engineers records they have been found in this body of water before.
My question is, does anyone know anything about caring for these little guys, what they eat and if it is available for purchase, can they go into a tank with two plecos, do you need a special kind of filter for it to be safe for them, and in general any information on how hard it is to care for jellyfish. I literally know nothing about them and have never seen them in my local fish store or very many invertebrates for that matter. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
