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Name:	Capt M Brooks -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/28/2009 5:52:53 PM

A very nice gentleman just brought by a freshwater jellyfish he caught on Lake Martin in the Coley Creek area. I've seen a few dead ones here and there but never one alive in the lake. Very interesting to watch. I started doing a little research online and found this:

http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/inverts/jelly/

You never know what the day is going to bring.

Oh, the man released the jellyfish out behind our office so it's happy and doing well.

Name:	Feb -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/28/2009 5:59:57 PM

Thanks Cpt. Brooks. This should help you with going to the link Cpt. Brooks provided:

URL: Jellyfish

Name:	Nancy Christine II -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/28/2009 6:50:53 PM

I had no idea there were freshwater jellyfish.

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/28/2009 7:04:32 PM

Niether did I.

Name:	H2OGRL -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/28/2009 11:52:59 PM

Nor I. Very interesting!

Name:	muddauber -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/29/2009 6:59:12 AM

Our Scuba forum had a thread on that awhile ago.

URL: Freshwater Jellyfish

Name:	bassplayer60 -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish
Date:	8/29/2009 1:47:40 PM

I have seen two. One during the winter months when I was wiring the wet slips at The Ridge Marina. Another during the summer in Elkehatchee area, I was taking a lake bath, standing on the back of my boat shampooing my hair. Looked down and there it was. And no it wasn't lather, I've seen plenty of saltwater jellyfish through the years. They were small, no tentacles, bout slightly larger in diameter that a fifty cent piece. Really amazing both times, especially the first one.

Name:	Toni -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish Video
Date:	8/29/2009 5:52:51 PM

My son is a photographer and has been seeing these jellyfish for some time. He made this video today with his wife and my husband. It is a neat story on how they found the jellyfish and good macro video of two they caught (and released).

URL: Lake Martin Freshwater Jellyfish video by del Sol Photography

Name:	Nancy Christine II -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish Video
Date:	8/29/2009 7:24:42 PM

Wow they are so pretty. I had no idea they were there. I wounder how they got here and will they become a problem? Does any thing eat them? Why can they live in Martin but I have never heard of them in any other Alabama lake and could they be transported to another lake like the zebra mussel have been in the great lakes on.

Name:	4thelake -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish Video
Date:	8/30/2009 8:48:32 AM

I posted on this 2 years ago. They were all over the Stillwaters Marina area between the slips. I got laughed off the forum. Now who is laughing. Good video. Oh well. Im used to getting laughed at.

Name:	Fountain Rider -	Reply
Subject:	Freshwater Jellyfish Video
Date:	8/31/2009 2:05:57 PM

I remember you posting that. I have only seen them twice over the past 10 years. When I told people about such, they thought I was crazy.

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