Freshwater Jellyfish

[HightideTN]

Anyone ever heard of these guys? A mountain lake here in NE TN has them swimming around in the middle of the lake in the summer. They are about the sice of a quarter.

 

[plecosword]

that would be pretty cool, are
You sure jellyfish!?

 

[Nellis]

I believe Oliver Knot had some in one of his planted tanks in Germany, but I haven't heard anything about them since then. I remember reading that they exist in almost every state in the continental U.S.

Found it. Link 1

Link 2

-Nate

 

[chrome91]

ive heard of them too

 

[NanoNewbie]

Yes I read about them just week ago. They have them in lakes all around the country. I live in Sacramento and there are some in a resevoir near here.

 

[Stacef]

Wow really? I never would've guessed there was such a thing..

 

[yungreefer2410]

there were in a report i did

 

[wonderloss]

Freshwater Jellyfish

 

[plecosword]

http://www.wildwnc.org/education/naturalists-notes/the-appalachian-mountain-jellyfish/?searchterm=freshwater%20jellyfish

 

[BigAl07]

The Appalachian Mountain Jellyfish — Western North Carolina Nature Center

Wow! that's just down the ROAD from me. I mean like less than 45 minutes from me. I gotta get back OUT into the woods again

 

[plecosword]

Wow! that's just down the ROAD from me. I mean like less than 45 minutes from me. I gotta get back OUT into the woods again

No way!!! get me one! lol

 

[Zeyphon]

I wonder if it would be possible to keep them in captivity...

 

[plecosword]

I wonder if it would be possible to keep them in captivity...

Probably, in a special type of aquarium like sw jellyfish maybe.

 

[HightideTN]

The life cycle, if memory serves, may skip the free swimmer and remain a walking (tumbling rather, head to foot) polyp on the bottom of the lake.

Really neat creatures. the nature center at the lake talked of setting up a captive group. I'm not sure of their progress.

 

[motocrosstcw]

my freshman year i seen them in my science class my teacher had caught them outa lake michigan for us to have in our tank in class.

 

[reefjitsu]

I participated in some studies on them when I was in college. Pretty cool critters, but they spend most of their life as polyps if I recall correctly. It can be pretty cool to see when they are in 'bloom' though.

It seems that I remember there being some barrier to keeping them in the medusa or jellyfish stage i captivity. I think that you can keep them quite easily as polyps though.

Anybody seen the freshwater sponges?

 

[motocrosstcw]

havnt seen a freshwater sponge but jelly fish yah

 

[plecosword]

Everyone has seen the freshwater snowflakes though right! not related to the sw snowflake.