TMC Kreisel 15 Jellyfish Tank

Light and strong, the tanks are made from ABS plastic and are powered by a 2-watt, 280lph/74gph DC pump with a USB connection. That’s right, just two watts of energy to get these suckers spinning and filtering, and the touch sensor color-changing LED lights are just 4 watts and 6 watts each too. If you choose temperate jellies you won’t need a heater either, so that’s saltwater aquarium energy efficiency on a scale we never heard of or seen before, especially when we pay for home energy by the 1000 watts per hour, it won’t even register…

A new Jellyfish opportunity

But apart from offering experienced reefers like us the chance to “play” with keeping Jellyfish at home for small financial outlay (or to raise juvenile seahorses!), this is part of a much bigger picture. Just like with Octopuses, Jellyfish appreciators stretch way beyond fanatical fish keepers or current aquarium owners, and that alien-like form and rhythmic pulsing of jellies manage to fascinate most humans, young and old, rich and poor, and those who are currently outside of the hobby too.

The more people who have access to and can afford to buy into these tanks, the better, as it will help to boost what has been quite a stagnant market of late, it may just recruit new aquarium owners, and a percentage of those will hopefully stay in the hobby for good. TMC only supplies aquatic retail stores and unusually, they can supply both the tank and the jellies too, as well as all the necessary salt, food, test kits, etc. It’s a one-stop jellyfish shop.

The future is Jellyfish

Scanning the news as we do every day, we also can’t help but notice that jellyfish numbers appear to be on the rise in the planet’s oceans. Present for 500 million years, they are adaptable to climate change and have bloomed of late, while many other ocean creatures have struggled to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

You can’t overfish jellies, they are too plentiful and reproduce too readily. They are non-sentient, you can aquaculture them if you really want to, they are easy to feed, and they don’t need a heater. This is energy-efficient saltwater aquarium-owning with the most eco credentials possible. It’s saltwater aquarium 2.0. And we should all definitely explore it.