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Giant jellyfish invade Japanese waters

Gigantic jellyfish, weighing up to quarter ton (450 lbs) and reaching up to six feet in diameter, are moving Northward invading Japanese waters and plaguing the local fishing industries. The Nomura jellies (Nemopilema nomurai) are tainting and killing fish in nets and are even to blamed for capsizing a 10-ton vessel after the Nomura jellies [...]

Jellyfish-eating coral caught in the act

Recently scientists from Israel encountered a strange sight—a coral eating a jellyfish in the Red Sea. We saw this news posted on the BBC’s website and did a bit more digging. Typically larger predators are the animals taking advantage of jellyfish for a meal but during a season upwelling in March 2009 a large number [...]

Polyp & Ephyra Combo System from Jelliquarium is a world’s first

The Polyp & Ephyra Combo System is a very unique new product from the makers of the Jelliquarium. The mere fact that the hobby is already moving beyond just keeping jellyfish to actually breeding them says a lot about how far we’ve come. The P&E design comes in two iterations: a completely self contained system [...]