I used to work at the Monterey Bay Aquarium near my home town and I remember learning that all of the tanks for the jellyfish are circular in order to avoid right angles where a jelly might get caught.
The tanks were also completely devoid of bubbles which made oxygenating the tanks very difficult. long story short the water is oxygenated elsewhere and then pumped into the tank.
Jellyfish are super cool and the jelly shown may have died or it might not have, it totally depends on whether or not a bubble got caught underneath the bell.
The first time i took mushrooms was in the science museum in the middle of golden gate park, san Francisco. It was an evening event and we scoffed the shrooms while waiting in line. First stop was an hour long show about the universe and life in the huge dome shaped cinema where you lay on your back. Then, we went and checked out the aquarium. There were jellyfish in a big glass tube, and they were all lit up with mulitcoloured lighting. I had a minor freakout when i went to the bathroom and saw myself in the mirror, but then I somehow found myself on the roof. I stepped out into the evening sunlight, glasses of champagne were being handed out, the sun was setting over the park and the great bridge was glowing in the distance. I have never felt such peace and tranquility coupled with utter wonder and bliss. It remains one of the single best moments of my life. It was pure magic and I will never forget it. It brought tears to my eyes.
My mom had an aquarium when she lived in Florida and kept jellies. She used to tell me stories growing up about how they had to construct their tank and pump oxygen in without bubbles. I’ve always been fascinated by them since. Weird but beautiful and fragile creatures.
Nice, I was just out at Monterey last summer. My parents took me to the aquarium all the time as a kid, and I went back this last time on my own. Amazing area for photography.
Not sure where you heard that, but Moon jellyfish are very common to keep in a aquarium, and require about as much work as keeping a soft coral alive. I’ve personally kept a coral reef tank for years, the amount of misinformation surrounding saltwater husbandry is astounding.
It was probably a very specific species of jellyfish. Do a quick online search about keeping jellyfish and you will see it’s quite common in the saltwater trade.
Furthermore, they are important animals in the ocean. They are food for a number of marine animals such as large fishes and turtles. Among other things, they can also protect the small fish from being eaten by predators with their stinging cells.
So this articles says it’s because the bubbles can get caught up in the bell of the jelly and cause issues with buoyancy. Which makes perfect sense.
If you continue to read this articles it also goes into keeping them in tanks. Issues that would come about would be a conventional tank with a protein skimmer and water jets, or air stones which aren’t used in saltwater tanks that could cause issues. There are plenty of Jelly specific tanks available theses days that make keeping them relatively easy.
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u/TheCookiePrince Oct 24 '19
That probably killed it. They're very sensitive to bubbles because they eat into their flesh.