Baby florida Brown Ray

[metalyx]

Hey there folks, got a newbie question for you. Friend of mine picked himself up about the smallest ray I've seen at a whopping disc size of 3 1/2 inches. He was keeping it in his thirty but it's much too cramped in there so I'm considering taking it off of his hands. I've a 60 FO nursery tank set back up and need to know if I can pull this off, what to look for and how long until relocation is again needed.

My sixty has a built in sump limiting the front tank space to about 50 gallons and about 8" of actual move room in the center, and 10-12" on the sides. I have a baby (6") snowflake and a small pigmy angel in there right now but I can separate the eel into one of the sides as he is not moving out of his rock much. I have about 100lbs of live rock and 60lbs of fine grain live sand(2-3" depth) in it with an Aquasea Remora skimmer on it. Water flow is about 600gph. Evaporation left unchecked will go from .21 to .23 over a three week period. All of the other levels stay nominal. My questions then (to make a short story long) are, will this be enough for 2-6 months? Is the classification of a Florida Brown Stingray right? Feeding/filtration requirements? I'm thinking of putting a 2" volitan in there as well, will be be large enough to fend for himself? I have a full grown pigmy angel in there, will he be allright? Anything else a more experienced veteran could offer would be great. Thanks everyone and keep on swimming.

 

[metalyx]

Need to clarify quickly. Not going to be a permanent home for this guy, just a temporary until larger accommodations can be arranged.

 

[Zoodiver]

Got a pic of it and your set up?
'FL brown ray' is kind of a common name used for a lot of vairous animals. Angel might be a problem for the ray. They like to pick at eyes. I wouldn't add any more livestock to the tank. A ray by itself is a HEAVY bio load.

 

[krj-1168]

Yeah - Florida Brown ray really doesn't help tell us - what kind of ray. As there are at least a dozen rays in Florida waters - and most tend to be brown or brownish in color.

A picture is best - since it could help us identify at least what family & genus your looking at. But short of an actual photo - a discription of the disc shape could help.

 

[metalyx]

I'll try to snag some shots of it for you guys. Bet description is a mottled brown. It's sold over the disc with some black spots (very small) freckled throughout the brown.

 

[metalyx]

Found this picture online, but it's the closest resemblance I could spot. Same brown with black spots, round disc.

 

[metalyx]

Sorry for the serial post. The tail does not fan out at the end like that either. It stays thin and the barb protrudes about 1" from the main body.