Custom Designed Jellyfish Aquariums
Jellyfish aquariums are an exciting new trend. Adding a jellyfish aquarium to a public or private space is guaranteed to wow guests and onlookers. As a partner of Cubic Aquarium Systems and Exotic Aquaculture, RedFin is highly experienced in the design and construction of jellyfish display and aquaculture tanks. RedFin have developed designs allowing jellyfish to be kept in cylinder shaped and even square tanks. This has lead to RedFin being considered one of the worlds leading specialists in jellyfish aquarium design.With years of experience in designing custom jellyfish aquariums in different sizes, we take pride to be the only company having the extensive knowledge needed to create highly reliable and affordable jellyfish aquariums for you.
Whether you’re planning to build a new home, renovate the office space or simply want to enhance the interior by adding to a pre-existing space, we work with you to meet your needs. To date, we have installed numerous jellyfish habitats in a variety of locations across the world.
Types of Jellyfish Aquarium
Kreisel Jellyfish Aquariums
The word "kreisel" is German for "spinning top" or "gyroscope". A kreisel aquarium is an aquarium with a circular section in the centre which allows for a circular water flow. This type of aquarium is often used in aquaculture to rear delicate larvae or to display jellyfish. RedFin have developed an inexpensive, robust and easy to maintain kreisel jellyfish aquarium design. These tanks can be built in a range of sizes up to 10m in length and 3m in height.
Multiple sizes of kreisel an pseudo kreisel shaped jellyfish aquarium designed by RedFin
Cylinder Jellyfish Aquariums
RedFin have also developed a system allowing jellyfish to be kept in cylinder or tube shaped aquariums. 1.5m wide by 2m tall jellyfish cylinders that were designed and built by RedFin can be seen on display at L'Oceanogràfic aquarium and Acuario de Sevilla in Spain.
‘Crawl Through’ Jellyfish Aquariums
Often referred to as a ‘doughnut’ jellyfish aquarium this innovative aquarium design allows children (and small adults!) to crawl through a hole in the center of the aquarium and experience jellyfish in a new and exciting way. The crawl through aquarium in this picture is displayed at Melbourne Aquariums Ocean Invaders exhibition. It was built by RedFin in 2020.
Crawl through jellyfish aquarium built by RedFin for Melbourne Sea Life
Some of the questions often asked when keeping jellyfish:
Can multiple jellyfish species be kept together?
People often ask if multiple types of jellyfish can be kept together or if other species such as clownfish can can be added to the tank. In the wild, lots of species of jellyfosh actually prey on other jellyfish species. If you mix two species in one tank there’s a strong posibility one will eat the other. Even if they don’t eat each other the stings of each species will probably irritate each other. There are some exceptions but its generally not advisable to mix jellyfish species.
Can jellyfish be mixed in an aquarium with fish?
People often also ask if fish can be mixed in with jellyfish. Lots of jellyfish species eat small fish in the wild. Even clownfish who live in stinging sea anemones are at risk of being eaten by jellyfish. It takes time for a clownfish to build up a tolerance to a sea anemones sting. Before moving inside an anemone, they touch it multiple times which helps them build a tolerance and a slime coat to protect from the anemones sting. A clownfish won’t have the opportunity to build up this tolerance to jellyfish tentacles when there are so many of them moving around an aquarium.