LEW Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 My algae tank attached to my nano-reef is teeming with tiny jellyfish looking things today. I have never seen these things before. They are maybe a millimeter across. Their body is a clear sack and the rim of the sack has what I would guess are tiny tentacles. They move in a pulsating way like jellies. Anyone seen anything like this? I am guess they are medussa larvae. They are amazing and I would love to know what I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That sounds super cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatfouz Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) technically its a polyp. medusa is the free floating part. all tha same thing.but wow if that is it then soon it will start asexually reproducing medusa! so you may soon have many little jellies. here is a pic of a simple life cycle. the polyp asexually reporoduces the free floating medusa. are you going to try to keep them if they do start to budd? Edited December 12, 2007 by chatfouz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEW Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 They are free floating. They are swimming around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEW Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 They are way too small for my to get a picture of. This is a (obviously crude) drawing of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEW Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Anyone ever seen tiny medussa in their tank? I got the algae from someone from this forum at an exchange a couple months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versace Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Look like this? I have many sameone. ^^;; Edited January 14, 2008 by versace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versace Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 http://www.melevsreef.com/id/jelly.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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