Jellyfish? Weird... Things...

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by vawdka, May 2, 2012.

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  1. vawdka

    vawdka Coral Banded Shrimp

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  2. Biocube

    Biocube Giant Squid

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    Do you have any shrimp in your tank? Every month or so my cleaner shrimp have babies and they look almost exactly like that.
     
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  3. vawdka

    vawdka Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I have 1 pepermint shrimp that I have had for almost 3 months. Maybe some weird pod... I was really stumped because they really do look like tiny Jellyfish.

    Ah well... Bed time lol.
     
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  4. scadsobees

    scadsobees Fire Shrimp

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    There's a type of hydroid that looks like a jellyfish and swims like a jellyfish.

    Mostly harmless.
     
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  5. vawdka

    vawdka Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I think they are some kind of hydrozoa. I don't have anything for them to hurt really but I don't know how safe they are and its probably impossible to tell which species they are since there are so many. That video is a small section of the surface of my 10g.

    That's right, I keep trying to figure out my own IDs even after I post them lol.
     
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  6. IvIountainman

    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    With more living animals in the ocean then on land there is always something to ID.
     
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  7. Greg@LionfishLair

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    Medusae-type hydroids look like this:

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    Peppermint shrimp nauplii look like this:

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  8. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    Those look like Trigger pods to me!

    If you shoot real close with your phone for some stupid reason they come out sideways. My iPhone does the same thing :(
     
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