Upsidedown Jellyfish
Catostylus mosaicus
Behavior: When very young, this curious jelly flips upside down and pulses to the seafloor. It uses its bell much like a suction cup to stick to the seafloor, where it prefers to spend most of its time. Turned upside-down, with stubby oral-arms pointed toward the sun. Upside-down jellies are more vulnerable than jelly species that live in the open ocean or the deep sea. They live in mangrove forests and shallow lagoons along tropical coasts
Maximum Length: up to 1 foot (30 cm) wide and 2 inches (51 mm) high
Origin: tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, Southern Florida and Hawaii
Minimum tank size: 30 Gallon
Feeding and diet: Zooplankton, food produced by algae.
Cautions: Not to be housed in a tank with very strong current. All power head and filter intakes should be covered with sponge or pre-filter so as not to suck the jellyfish into it.
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