# Jellyfish Aquariums

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395 "2020-12-19T13:04:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395/21 "2020-12-22T01:09:55Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Jellies? No, they are pretty far down on the evolutionary scale, they have no thought processes. A ant farm would be far more likely to be cruel.

PETA will be all over it anyway.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395/22 "2020-12-22T05:53:18Z")

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They have the brains of jellies, so yeah.

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395/23 "2020-12-22T16:44:36Z")

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i.e., no brains!

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395/24 "2020-12-24T02:04:39Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> My understanding is that Jellyfish are fairly difficult to keep. They require a large round tank with heavy water flow or they will die quickly.

Until just a handful of years ago when someone came up with a marketable round tank their average lifespan was only about 3 months in a home aquarium. I love jellyfish, but I know I’m not equipped to care for them.

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-aquariums/928395/25 "2020-12-24T02:47:10Z")

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I have a planted angelfish tank, but if I was going to keep an oddball saltwater tank it would have to be either a lionfish or sea horses.

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