Boomer wrote:
Richard

Here is a good place for you to start from in NJ

http://www.njscuba.net/biology/sw_je...l#Hydromedusae

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"Richard Periut" wrote in message ...
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: My daughter just brought back from Sandy Hook beach (NJ) about 1/2 dozen
: animals (jellyfish?), that resemble a 1/4 inch disc, the size of a 1/2
: dollar.
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: The water she transported them in, was very cold, because she placed the
: vessel in the cooler.
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: The animals are transparent, and I placed them in the water. So far, all
: I've seen them do, is move around the tank at the whim of the
: powerheads; i.e., there is no movement of their own.
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: My question, are these animals supposed to show some self propulsion? Or
: do they just "go with the flow?"
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: Also, will they survive the tropical temperatures of my reef tank? Or do
: they need the somewhat cooler waters of the NE?
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: TIA,
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: "..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
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: Hannibal "The Cannibal"
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: Silence Of The Lambs 1991
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Excellent! I ID'd the thing right away. They are, unfortunately, like
the dead blobs of goo next to the Quarter.

BTW, my poyp coral is eating them up; I hope there are no ill effects.

Thanks to all for the input.

R

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"..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti..."

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Silence Of The Lambs 1991