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I like the idea and would be interested in a desktop tank (assuming care and feeding isn't expensive or time consuming). You might consider updating your website to include some information for potential customers, like what kinds of jellyfish are available, what's involved in taking care of one, average lifespan, special concerns, etc.

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the jellies require feeding and some water changes, but they're about as hardy as any other aquarium fish.

so far we've been doing large custom tanks with automatic feeders or technicians coming in every day to do the feeding.

as we launch a line of desktop tanks, I wonder if customers will dread feeding the jellies 2x/day like brushing your teeth, or look forward to it like watering a houseplant. Personally, I don't like brushing my teeth and never kept a plant alive for more than a week. thoughts?

If feeding could be partially or completely automated I think you're sitting on a goldmine (and I'll be waiting patiently for the IPO). If it absolutely needs to happen twice a day and has to be done by hand then there's no way I could have one of these on my desk at work (because lets face it, I'm not going to sign up for anything that has me driving to the office twice a day on the weekends and lugging a fish tank to and from work on a weekly basis is scary compulsive behavior) and I really REALLY want one of these things on my desk at work.

I could definitely see something like this going viral (sea monkeys 2.0) in short order if things progressed to a stage where they're relatively inexpensive, customizable (flourescent jellies ftw), and don't require a tedious amound of upkeep.

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