Tiny jellyfish like creature

[Franki]

This is the first time i publish here. So i have a nano tank and i decided to try and bring a shrimp and some macro algae from the sea. I knew it was risky but i did it anyways as an experiment. Now i noticed a tiny little creature floating around the tank like a jellyfish and its now stuck to the glass. There also seems to be some kind of hydroid in the back of the tank. Actually tons of them. If anyone knows what are these pls tell me.

 

[ihavecrabs]

Will definitely need a picture!

Welcome to Reef 2 Reef! #WelcometoR2R

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R! A picture of the little guy would definitely help Most likely a hydroid of some type

 

[Franki]

Will definitely need a picture!

Welcome to Reef 2 Reef! #WelcometoR2R

Yhea there you go.

 

[ihavecrabs]

Weird. Can you see how it attaches to the glass by chance? Take a look at the "Cup Coral" and see if it looks anything like that, but bleached and translucent.

#reefsquad

 

[Crabs McJones]

Could be that you caught a tiny jellyfish in your wild collecting.

 

[Franki]

Weird. Can you see how it attaches to the glass by chance? Take a look at the "Cup Coral" and see if it looks anything like that, but bleached and translucent.

#reefsquad

Im guessing it attaches to the glass with like a suction cup.

 

[Franki]

Weird. Can you see how it attaches to the glass by chance? Take a look at the "Cup Coral" and see if it looks anything like that, but bleached and translucent.

#reefsquad

And i dont think it is a coral just because corals here are really rare. The only coral population we have here is about 2000 m below the sea. (sorry for meters not American)

 

[Franki]

Could be that you caught a tiny jellyfish in your wild collecting.

That would be cool. But it probably wouldnt last long.

 

[Daydream Corals]

I would take a look at hydroid jellyfish. They usually start out a newer set up with refugiums and die off .

 

[Franki]

I would take a look at hydroid jellyfish. They usually start out a newer set up with refugiums and die off .

It could be something like that but my tank has been running for about 3 years now.

 

[Franki]

I would take a look at hydroid jellyfish. They usually start out a newer set up with refugiums and die off .

So i saw some pictures of hydroid jellyfish and i think thats it.

 

[Maritimer]

There could be some jellyfish polyps attached to the seagrasses you brought in. When the timing is right, those guys withdraw their tentacles and "strobilate", dividing into a stack of tiny jellies. When the jellies break away from the stack, they're called "ephyra" - and eventually grow into the familiar "medusa" stage. (Hydroids are doing something similar - and the tiny bells you're seeing could belong to the hydroids at the back of your tank.)

In either case, the free-floating stages don't last long around powerheads and filter socks.

~Bruce

 

[Franki]

There could be some jellyfish polyps attached to the seagrasses you brought in. When the timing is right, those guys withdraw their tentacles and "strobilate", dividing into a stack of tiny jellies. When the jellies break away from the stack, they're called "ephyra" - and eventually grow into the familiar "medusa" stage. (Hydroids are doing something similar - and the tiny bells you're seeing could belong to the hydroids at the back of your tank.)

In either case, the free-floating stages don't last long around powerheads and filter socks.

~Bruce

Ah thank you very much, some of them were starting to grab on to the corals and i was getting worried.

 

[Drumstin]

Won’t thread sorry