This is my first post here.
I am an experineced marine reefer but no experience with rays/sharks
I am setting up a new tank in the comming months and am looking for any advice regarding keeping 1-2 rays in the the tank.
I've purchased and read Scott's book on Sharks and Rays, and done a lot of reasearch on this and other forums.
I'd like to keep 1-2 smaller rays in a marine mixed reef (with no inverts obviously)
Looking at Bluespot Ray's (pretty common in Australia) and not sure if its best to house 2 of them or 1 bluespot and one other breed?
Tank details are
8 x 4 x 2 display tank 1,500 litres
PLUS
600 litre sump with extensive skimmers, filtration etc... plus 1,500 litre reefugium for a total of 2,100 litres
TOTAL 3,600 litres (950 gallons)
Tank will be configred with a 1 1/2 inch sandbed all around with 12inches or so of clear spavce all the way around the edge for the ray and rockwork in the middle. No coral will be on the sandbed
Good flow with some Tunze blowers (6105) + maxspec Gyre
What else do i need to consider?
The rest of the tank will have peaceful reef fish (tangs, anthias, fox face rabbit fish, chromis, butterfly) No triggers or puffers etc... to pick on the rays