Jellyfish thriving in my tank....? *PICS added on PG03*

[Mr Cob]

Very cool info. I might PM you later down the road to talk some more.

As you can see from this thread, I'm doing pretty good with small delicate creatures...LOL!

[hobogato]

justin, we have some scopes at the school that are attached to digital cameras, if you wanted to take a look at it there, i am sure we could work something out.

[corruption]

Sorry I missed this, Rob! Thats nuts -- a phone camera grabbed that. Just wild.

I would still personally think hydroid, again, based on my own experiences -- but thats what I love about this hobby... So many unknowns! I wouldn't be surprised to find out it was a jelly instead.. would just be a new one for me

-Justin

[justahobby]

justin, we have some scopes at the school that are attached to digital cameras, if you wanted to take a look at it there, i am sure we could work something out.

Suhweeetness. Just tell me when the best times are and I will try to arrange something with Rob on a pickup.

[Mr Cob]

Sorry I missed this, Rob! Thats nuts -- a phone camera grabbed that. Just wild.

I would still personally think hydroid, again, based on my own experiences -- but thats what I love about this hobby... So many unknowns! I wouldn't be surprised to find out it was a jelly instead.. would just be a new one for me

-Justin

About time dude! I was waiting for you.

Well it looks like a jelly and swims like one.....BUT they drop into the rocks when the flow kicks back on and only come out when the flow is turned off. That's says Hydroid to me.

[corruption]

Me too -- bit it'll be interesting to see if any real taxonomic ID can be drawn from the microscope work. Either way -- they're fascinating to watch... I loved watching em bounce around when I set up my 20 gal

-Justin

[justahobby]

Haha, I have to sleep sometime man! I am pulling up ID's right now

[leliataylor]

They are hydroids. If you want them to proliferate add some newly hatched baby brine shrimp, you will get a population explosion. Since you are planning on adding dwarf seahorses to this tank I would recommend a serious eradication program or cycling a new tank for the seahorses. They drive dwarf seahorse keepers nuts and will kill seahorse fry or very small seahorses. Most of the dwarf keepers I know use Panacur to keep them in check, however the residual effects of the med would preclude using any of that rock, etc. in a reef tank.

P.S. If you want to see some macro images of couple of different species of hydroids go the the photo gallery at seahorse dot org.

[Mr Cob]

Thanks for the info Cheryl. Since you joined the site 6 days before me I will take your advice....LOL!

[zerreissen]

Hmm.....Let me get back to on that after I do some checking around. I'm pretty sure I can do it in the Biology lab at SAC. I need to find slides though. I had looked before and they are sort of hard to find. There's a hobby store by Texas Tropical that I will check at.

I wish I hadn't gotten rid of my microscope, in any case you can get slides and covers from Analytical Scientific at Bandera and Prue.