Creature concept-- Capillate larva

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While Capillate Leviathan produces youngs you can put into an aquarium, it'd have to be as large as a room to maintain good health for the newborns.

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Unlike ordinary jellyfishes, Capillate larvae directly hatches from their eggs, effectively skipping the polyp and strobila stage.

Newborns resembles more of large moon jellyfishes. While they already have developed oral arms and eyes, they lack the central oral arm which begin to develop after at least one decade. They lack the stinging tentacles as well. Having no method of self defense, they tend to swim near their parents, or hide in caves or small openings in a group.

They reaches the juvenile stage after appropriately 100 years after hatching. At this stage they truly begin to resemble their parents: Having begun to develop the colors. With the stinging tentacles developed, they will begin to drift away to open seas in order to hunt, while still feed on zooplanktons. While they can sting, it's not lethal. They reach maturity at 200 years.

Newborn Capillates are well known for being put into aquariums until they grows too large. Like ordinary jellyfishes, the tank for the newborns should have no corners, a constant water flow and protected outlet. However they are shown to live just fine in very large aquariums. Since they are harmless, they can be put together with other fishes, it is not recommended as they are food themselves, however.

Juvenile Capillates can be also be put into aquariums, however they required an even larger body of water, and no other fishes should be put together due to their now developed stingers.

Assessment: Harmless for the first 50 years.

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