El_Guapo13
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I had posted this in another thread that was discussing various jellyfish care, but the thread has had no activity since mid 2018. So I decided to increase my chances of getting the advice and answers I need by starting a new thread.
My original post from the other thread:
So first, in my reef tank, I have a lot of Upside Down Jellyfish polyps hitchiking on my rocks, in my return chamber, on my heater (I still can't figure out how they haven't fried to death), and in my return chamber. So I get several strobiliation events every week, resulting in several ephyra floating around my tank, and eventually dieing to either getting sucked into the return, or killed/eaten by a coral...usually my aussie lords (vicious little b@$#ards, had one eat an interstellar mushroom coral recently). So, I figured I would try to save a few from the reef's wrath. So now my questions:
1) How long does the ephyra stage last?
2) During the ephyra stage, how much light do they need, how much do they need to be fed, and what can they be fed?
3) What would be the preferred housing requirements once it reaches adulthood? I don't mean in terms of tank size, more in terms of what kind of filter would you recommend, how strong of water flow (I've heard the Upside Down Jellyfish do not need as strong a flow as other jellyfish, nor do they need the circular flow), temperature, sandy bottom or bare bottom? Yes I realize that filter size would be determined by tank size, but I mean more the type like, overflow plus return pump, basic overhanging filter, canister filter plus spitter return (like the 20 gallon filters that are sold for turtle tanks)?
My original post from the other thread:
So first, in my reef tank, I have a lot of Upside Down Jellyfish polyps hitchiking on my rocks, in my return chamber, on my heater (I still can't figure out how they haven't fried to death), and in my return chamber. So I get several strobiliation events every week, resulting in several ephyra floating around my tank, and eventually dieing to either getting sucked into the return, or killed/eaten by a coral...usually my aussie lords (vicious little b@$#ards, had one eat an interstellar mushroom coral recently). So, I figured I would try to save a few from the reef's wrath. So now my questions:
1) How long does the ephyra stage last?
2) During the ephyra stage, how much light do they need, how much do they need to be fed, and what can they be fed?
3) What would be the preferred housing requirements once it reaches adulthood? I don't mean in terms of tank size, more in terms of what kind of filter would you recommend, how strong of water flow (I've heard the Upside Down Jellyfish do not need as strong a flow as other jellyfish, nor do they need the circular flow), temperature, sandy bottom or bare bottom? Yes I realize that filter size would be determined by tank size, but I mean more the type like, overflow plus return pump, basic overhanging filter, canister filter plus spitter return (like the 20 gallon filters that are sold for turtle tanks)?
