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Old 02-24-2007, 12:19 PM   #1446
johnblommers
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
I've always planned to add jellyfish, but lately I'm wondering how practical it would be. I've never seen jellys mixed with other fish in an aquarium, though they certainly are in the open ocean. I'm wondering if the fish would immediately tear them apart, or if the jellys would poison the fish.

It's true that with an electronic aquarium I have used a little artistic license in mixing critters, but I don't want to stray very far from reality. Originally, I was not going to put in a chambered nautilus because I had never seen one in a reef tank, but last year my local shop had three of them mixed in with the normal fish population until they were sold. They are not really long-lived critters, but we don't have to worry about that.  
So when you add in the jellyfish, have your developers add some logic in fish selection that prevents mixing fish and jelly. So when will those be done, Jim
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