Baby Jellies

[Max Ivers]

Found a few hundred of these guys in my refugium swimming around last night....enjoy! Ps they are the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2012 by Max Ivers

[Jan]

JELLY FISHIES..... too cool!!!!

Found a few hundred of these guys in my refugium swimming around last night....enjoy! Ps they are they size of the tip of a ballpoint pen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[OUsnakebyte]

Do they stick on the side and then let go, swim around and then stick again, with tentacles outstretched? I believe they are hydroids.

 

Pretty cool.

[Jon Lazar]

Concur, looks like cnidarian hydroids.

[Coral Hind]

Very cool. I've never seen those before.

[Steve175]

I love this hobby: something new every day!!! [AND, not always bad . . . ] Thanks for sharing!!!

[Max Ivers]

Do they stick on the side and then let go, swim around and then stick again, with tentacles outstretched? I believe they are hydroids.

 

Pretty cool.

 

They swim around at the surface and then dive down and rise back up. They make the distinct pulsing motion that jellyfish make. Is it bad if they are hydroids?

[Jon Lazar]

They swim around at the surface and then dive down and rise back up. They make the distinct pulsing motion that jellyfish make. Is it bad if they are hydroids?

 

I wouldn't worry about them. They're mostly a problem for people who raise fish and get hydroids in their fry tanks.

[davelin315]

Hydroid jellyfish are not a problem, they come and go periodically and don't stay in the water column for very long. I'm not convinced that's what yours are, though.