Husbandry of jellyfish, from the beginning until today

Abstract

The popularity of jellyfish in Europe at the end of the 19^th century influenced the European Art Nouveau period and jellyfish decoration elements can be found at several buildings. But at that time it was still impossible to keep jellyfish for a longer time alive in an aquarium.

Methods for the husbandry of jellyfish were developed only in the second half of the 20^th century. During the last 20 years the exhibition of jellyfish became more and more popular and is today a standard for all larger aquariums. The development of husbandry is documented on the basis of the husbandry methods for jellyfish in the Berlin Aquarium, which has today one of the leading jellyfish exhibitions in the world.