Tank Tales

So far, we have been unable to catch any fish. But, we have some lovely invertebrate biodiversity going on (ie got loads of critters without back bones).

In addition to Gomer the crab, we have several small hermit crabs, about 10 gastropods (live sea shell snail critters), a local variety of tube worm/feather duster worm (kinda like serpulid worms - not sure of the spelling there), and somethings we don't know what they are yet.

Last night, Munchkin #2 proclaimed there were jelly fish in the tank. Well, Mum had to have a look. Sure enough, there were what appeared to be medusoid zooids zipping around in the tank. So....I believe that we have some little critters that belong to Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata), but what are they - hydra, jellyfish, coral or anemone?

http://njscuba.net/biology/sw_jellies.html This website has an excellent diagram showing you a 'basic' life cycle. Our medusoids are only a couple of millimeters across. We also have some smears on the side of the tank that appear to be egg casings. Personally, I hope they are anemones. But, we'll see.

I went into the 'big city' today to pick up some 'invert food.' I need to make sure I don't overload the tank, but I thought I'd add whatever help I could in case we end up with hungry filter feeders.

Peace.