Welp, my jellyfish are doin good !

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Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! #496369 09/14/18 08:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN G gregory OP
OP gregory G Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN	I remember the first time I saw them a few years ago I thought I was still hallucinating. I didn't know there was such a thing. There kinda cool to watch now. Greg R

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496370 09/14/18 09:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 215 Likes: 2 Texas V Vortex 4
Vortex 4 V Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 215 Likes: 2 Texas	Do your fish eat them? 4 acre pond 32 ft deep within East Texas (Livingston) timber ranch. Filled (to the top of an almost finished dam) by Hurricane Harvey 9/17. Stocked with FHM, CNBG, RES 10/17. Added 35lbs RSC 3/18. 400 N LMB fingerlings 6/18

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496374 09/15/18 05:01 AM
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jpsdad J Joined: May 2018 Posts: 1,902 Likes: 281 Texas	Gregory, You forgot you had them ... I didn't know they were even here. They are an invasive that was first discovered here in Philadelphia almost a century ago. They are pretty much world wide now. Here is a link about them. Last edited by jpsdad; 09/15/18 05:02 AM. It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so - Will Rogers

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496375 09/15/18 05:44 AM
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OP gregory G Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN	What ive read says they suspect fish might eat them but really dont know ive never seen one of them bein eaten. Less than a week ago i seen my first one this year out in the middle of the pond now there everywhere. Yea you can read on them for hours Greg R

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496393 09/15/18 09:45 AM
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snrub S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 SE Kansas	In the oceans turtles are a big consumer of jellyfish. Fresh water I have no idea if they eat them. John I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496398 09/15/18 10:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN G gregory OP
OP gregory G Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN	Well i got plenty turtles ! Greg R

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496416 09/15/18 03:31 PM
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Vortex 4 V Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 215 Likes: 2 Texas	Jellyfish from the lagoon are a local delicacy in Tonga. You eat them live. I did not appreciate them. 4 acre pond 32 ft deep within East Texas (Livingston) timber ranch. Filled (to the top of an almost finished dam) by Hurricane Harvey 9/17. Stocked with FHM, CNBG, RES 10/17. Added 35lbs RSC 3/18. 400 N LMB fingerlings 6/18

Re: Welp, my jellyfish are doin good ! gregory #496599 09/19/18 09:29 PM
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OP gregory G Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 47 IN	Yea I'm gonna stay clear of that too Greg R