Millions of Tiny Jellyfish - Page 2

dogstar74 · 12/27/2010, 02:35 PM

I was just thinking that if you could stun them with something, i.e. betadine, hypo, or flatworm exit etc., then as they went over an overflow, you could route the drain line into a filter sock and catch most of them to be discarded. You wouldn't get all of them, but you may keep them under control to the point of not being a nuisance.

I have a sneaky suspicion that given time, their food source will dry up, and you'll be more concerned about the massive die off. Who knows, I've never heard of these in the aquarium before, So I'm pinned to this thread.

gon08 · 12/30/2010, 01:50 PM

Ok guys I finally found a small raccoon butterfly. It went after a couple of the Jellys right off the bat but not sure it ate them. I will let you know what happens.... got my fingers crossed.

seesick · 12/30/2010, 06:08 PM

Could we get a full tank shot? Love to see what the whole tank looks like.

have you tried a fresh water dip?

SushiGirl · 12/30/2010, 07:56 PM

Wow, those are gnarly looking! Mine were just little round UFOs LOL.

supernareg · 12/30/2010, 08:37 PM

try a coral banded shrimp.. when i had 1 back in the days i saw it pull out a bristle worm and eat it up... awesome to see.

or get a picasso or clown trigger fish till problem is solved then move trigger out

supernareg · 12/30/2010, 08:40 PM

try a coral banded shrimp.. when i had 1 back in the days i saw it pull out a bristle worm and eat it up... awesome to see.

or get a picasso or clown trigger fish till problem is solved then move trigger out

rogerwilco357 · 12/30/2010, 08:53 PM

what are they exactly and how did you get them?

javisaman · 12/30/2010, 09:04 PM

My tank had hydroids before (plague like) but they didn't look like your's. I was able to get rid of them using aiptasia-x.

thirst · 12/30/2010, 09:12 PM

these things look crazy! they pump like jelly fish but i didn't know jellyfish could become a plague like that.

gon08 · 12/30/2010, 09:29 PM

Hopefully this lil guy can't make a dent.

gon08 · 12/30/2010, 09:36 PM

Heres a whole tank shot.... not the best quality (taken with my Droid X)

Angel*Fish · 12/30/2010, 10:15 PM

That video is just amazing!!!!

Would sure be nice to find out what those are. I've seen aiptasia pop off clones before - they just sort of pop out like gremlins that got wet or something, but not in these numbers and I didn''t see them doing any pulsing afterward.

spamreefnew · 12/30/2010, 10:43 PM

Yea I think we NEED to find out WHAT they are BEFORE we try this and that. But they are cool.

SushiGirl · 12/30/2010, 10:49 PM

I think just knowing they're hydroid jellyfish is enough to figure out how to eradicate them!

njdevilsfan · 12/30/2010, 10:51 PM

why not put a few small filter bags on the end of a hose in your sump and vacum for a few hours you are bound to eliminate a whole bunch of em that way

BFG · 12/30/2010, 10:53 PM

Why don't you use a regular fish net to scoop them out? Just spend a couple of hours or so on the tank. Get the ones on the glass 1st as much as you can and take a break when you're done. Wait a few hours and do it again. You could lessen the population drastically.

DarkXerox · 12/30/2010, 10:56 PM

Wow yeah it looks like the little polyp colonies on the wall of that one image. Then as they mature they pop off asexually and swim freely just like the typical life cycle of jellies. Really interesting stuff! But hopefully you do find a safe predator. I know that wild populations of jellies can be really sensitive to booms and busts, so hopefully they burn out quickly.

gon08 · 12/30/2010, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkXerox

Wow yeah it looks like the little polyp colonies on the wall of that one image. Then as they mature they pop off asexually and swim freely just like the typical life cycle of jellies. Really interesting stuff! But hopefully you do find a safe predator. I know that wild populations of jellies can be really sensitive to booms and busts, so hopefully they burn out quickly.

I hear you but they've been around for about a year now. So far the Raccoon butterfly has picked at a few but I wouldn't say he's actively going after them or even eating the ones he has picked at. But he's only been in the tank for 10 hours so lets see what happens.

noahm · 12/30/2010, 11:33 PM

If you have a canister filter, just vacuum with it regularly until they thin out, maybe the butterfly will pick up the slack. If not, they have some cheap Sun Sun/Perfect's on ebay. Beats siphoning.

Jony1point0 · 12/31/2010, 08:56 AM

Kliens butterflys go crazy for little kritters like that. They are pretty cheap and hardy too. You will have to remove it later though as they aren't very coral friendly.

gon08 · 01/02/2011, 02:11 PM

Update:
The butterfly is doing more harm than good. He doesn't touch the hydroids but is beginning to nip at the coral. I'll give him a couple more days before I pull him out though I don't expect any changes. The hydroids on the other hand appear to be reproducing more everyday.

dublo8 · 01/02/2011, 03:42 PM

Get your siphon hose out. Put a filter sock on the end with a rubberband or something, stick the sock end in your sump and start to siphon them out of the dt with the other end. This way you wont lose water or you could even do this while doing a water change. It might not fix the situation but it will help reduce their numbers.

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Ohiomom · 01/02/2011, 04:27 PM

Your tank is only a forty gallon? Did I read that right? That is a heck of a lot of fish for a tank that size let alone the amount of rock in there..I wish you luck in the long run.

Frogmanx82 · 01/02/2011, 04:46 PM

Two tangs and a butterfly in a 40. No QT for the butterfly first. The water must be pretty decent quality for all the sps, but the tank and fish would have to be stressed. It seems like a setup destined for problems.

This off liveaquaria

The Raccoon Butterflyfish is a peaceful fish that may reside in a 70 gallon or larger fish-only aquarium with other butterflyfish. It should not be kept in a reef tank since it will eat invertebrates and is deemed unsafe with corals.

if I was going to try a fish, something like the bristletail filefish would have made more sense.

rusty-spoons · 01/02/2011, 05:14 PM

Unreal 2 tangs in a 40g? I wont even put 1 im my 93 gallon.

12/27/2010, 02:35 PM	#26
dogstar74 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,152	I was just thinking that if you could stun them with something, i.e. betadine, hypo, or flatworm exit etc., then as they went over an overflow, you could route the drain line into a filter sock and catch most of them to be discarded. You wouldn't get all of them, but you may keep them under control to the point of not being a nuisance. I have a sneaky suspicion that given time, their food source will dry up, and you'll be more concerned about the massive die off. Who knows, I've never heard of these in the aquarium before, So I'm pinned to this thread. __________________ "If there's nothing wrong with me... then there must be something wrong with the universe!" Current Tank Info: 10 gallon nano with ATS

12/30/2010, 08:53 PM	#32
rogerwilco357 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: michigan Posts: 1,391	what are they exactly and how did you get them? __________________ hook line and sinker Current Tank Info: 2x2x4 120gal,sump45 gal.RKE controller,ATI Powermodule 8x80watt,1MP20+2MP40,1 mp10,RoyalExclusive Alpha200

12/30/2010, 10:15 PM	#37
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	That video is just amazing!!!! Would sure be nice to find out what those are. I've seen aiptasia pop off clones before - they just sort of pop out like gremlins that got wet or something, but not in these numbers and I didn''t see them doing any pulsing afterward. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

12/30/2010, 10:51 PM	#40
njdevilsfan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: texas Posts: 658	why not put a few small filter bags on the end of a hose in your sump and vacum for a few hours you are bound to eliminate a whole bunch of em that way __________________ SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS Current Tank Info: 210lps,75anemone,60frag,20

12/30/2010, 10:53 PM	#41
BFG Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 700	Why don't you use a regular fish net to scoop them out? Just spend a couple of hours or so on the tank. Get the ones on the glass 1st as much as you can and take a break when you're done. Wait a few hours and do it again. You could lessen the population drastically. __________________ If you've learnt, teach. If you have, give.

12/30/2010, 01:50 PM	#27
gon08 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 538	Ok guys I finally found a small raccoon butterfly. It went after a couple of the Jellys right off the bat but not sure it ate them. I will let you know what happens.... got my fingers crossed.

12/30/2010, 06:08 PM	#28
seesick Michael wagner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: albququerque N.M. Posts: 358	Could we get a full tank shot? Love to see what the whole tank looks like. have you tried a fresh water dip?

12/30/2010, 07:56 PM	#29
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Wow, those are gnarly looking! Mine were just little round UFOs LOL.

12/30/2010, 08:37 PM	#30
supernareg Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,610	try a coral banded shrimp.. when i had 1 back in the days i saw it pull out a bristle worm and eat it up... awesome to see. or get a picasso or clown trigger fish till problem is solved then move trigger out

12/30/2010, 08:40 PM	#31
supernareg Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,610	try a coral banded shrimp.. when i had 1 back in the days i saw it pull out a bristle worm and eat it up... awesome to see. or get a picasso or clown trigger fish till problem is solved then move trigger out

12/30/2010, 09:04 PM	#33
javisaman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 72	My tank had hydroids before (plague like) but they didn't look like your's. I was able to get rid of them using aiptasia-x.

12/30/2010, 09:12 PM	#34
thirst Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,907	these things look crazy! they pump like jelly fish but i didn't know jellyfish could become a plague like that.

12/30/2010, 09:29 PM	#35
gon08 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 538	Hopefully this lil guy can't make a dent.

12/30/2010, 09:36 PM	#36
gon08 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 538	Heres a whole tank shot.... not the best quality (taken with my Droid X)

12/30/2010, 10:43 PM	#38
spamreefnew Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: rhodeisland Posts: 1,491	Yea I think we NEED to find out WHAT they are BEFORE we try this and that. But they are cool.

12/30/2010, 10:49 PM	#39
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	I think just knowing they're hydroid jellyfish is enough to figure out how to eradicate them!

12/30/2010, 10:56 PM	#42
DarkXerox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 1,299	Wow yeah it looks like the little polyp colonies on the wall of that one image. Then as they mature they pop off asexually and swim freely just like the typical life cycle of jellies. Really interesting stuff! But hopefully you do find a safe predator. I know that wild populations of jellies can be really sensitive to booms and busts, so hopefully they burn out quickly.

12/30/2010, 11:33 PM	#44
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	If you have a canister filter, just vacuum with it regularly until they thin out, maybe the butterfly will pick up the slack. If not, they have some cheap Sun Sun/Perfect's on ebay. Beats siphoning.

12/31/2010, 08:56 AM	#45
Jony1point0 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2	Kliens butterflys go crazy for little kritters like that. They are pretty cheap and hardy too. You will have to remove it later though as they aren't very coral friendly.

01/02/2011, 02:11 PM	#46
gon08 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl Posts: 538	Update: The butterfly is doing more harm than good. He doesn't touch the hydroids but is beginning to nip at the coral. I'll give him a couple more days before I pull him out though I don't expect any changes. The hydroids on the other hand appear to be reproducing more everyday.

01/02/2011, 03:42 PM	#47
dublo8 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morgan Hill, Ca Posts: 3,225	Get your siphon hose out. Put a filter sock on the end with a rubberband or something, stick the sock end in your sump and start to siphon them out of the dt with the other end. This way you wont lose water or you could even do this while doing a water change. It might not fix the situation but it will help reduce their numbers. Sent from my overpriced phone using Tapatalk __________________ 10g IM fusion. Zoa and SPS dominant, Apex monitored, Ai Prime, MP10, sicce return.

01/02/2011, 04:27 PM	#48
Ohiomom Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,586	Your tank is only a forty gallon? Did I read that right? That is a heck of a lot of fish for a tank that size let alone the amount of rock in there..I wish you luck in the long run. __________________ .....Sandra “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” Current Tank Info: 75 galllon reef, T5HO love em!

01/02/2011, 04:46 PM	#49
Frogmanx82 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,515	Two tangs and a butterfly in a 40. No QT for the butterfly first. The water must be pretty decent quality for all the sps, but the tank and fish would have to be stressed. It seems like a setup destined for problems. This off liveaquaria The Raccoon Butterflyfish is a peaceful fish that may reside in a 70 gallon or larger fish-only aquarium with other butterflyfish. It should not be kept in a reef tank since it will eat invertebrates and is deemed unsafe with corals. if I was going to try a fish, something like the bristletail filefish would have made more sense. __________________ Exodus 8:2 Check my homepage for tank pics and details. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon, 2x maxspect R420R LED, 4 Ocellaris Clowns, Yellow Eye Kole Tang, Flame Angel, Foxface Rabbitfish, Banggai Cardinals, Azure Damsel, rock flower anemone, cleaner shrimp, serpent star Last edited by Frogmanx82; 01/02/2011 at 05:07 PM.

01/02/2011, 05:14 PM	#50
rusty-spoons Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: hammond Posts: 168	Unreal 2 tangs in a 40g? I wont even put 1 im my 93 gallon.

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