Blue Spot Stingray info

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Jack Dempsey
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OK, Ive been keeping freshwater rays for years. I also have several saltwater tanks in my home, so Im not new to the hobby.

I have just gotten my hands on a 300 gallon tank. Looking to set it up for saltwater/ fish only tank and thinking of putting in a Blue Spot Stingray.

The tank will be set up with a sump, and have very little rock in the main tank itself (most of the live rock will be in the sump for filtration reasons.)

I have been doing some reading, looking into the setup Im going to go with and fish I will also be adding into the tank with the ray.

So my first question is substrate. Ray like sand.
I do not want to use finly crushed coral. I have to be careful of rough sand due to the rays underside. I have read that a fine sand is best, but no mention of brands..
Can I use the same kind of sand that I use in my freshwater ray tanks in a saltwater tank.
I use Super Natural aquarium sand. Doesnt say its for fresh or even salt, just that its aquarium sand.
So back to being a knob and asking a knob question.. can this same sand be used in saltwater?

Last question, Id like to get ideas on tankmates from everyone. Just ideas. I have not decided what Im going to put in the tank yet with the ray. Of course has to be big enought not to become food, but not aggressive toward the ray.
So looking to pick yalls brains.

thanks
 
Not to rain on your parade but the blue spotted ray is probably the hardest of all the small marine rays to care for. Most die within the first few months. There are only a handful of people I know that have ever had luck with them (private and professional aquariums). I'd sugget something in the 'round ray' category (Cortez, yellows etc...). They tend to be very hardy and will fit the 300 gallon set up a lot better.

Fine sand works well. I used aragonite in a very fine grade. Carrib-Sea makes a quality sand that you can get in 20 lbs bags.

For tank mates, avoid grazers (fish that pick at rocks like tangs) and fish that get territorial (triggers, some damsels etc...). Usually small schooling fish work great.
 
I was looking into the Yellow spot rays as well. Just cant seem to find one anywere..
I know triggers and such are not a good tank mate. And there will not be much rock for grazers to feed on..

As far as saltwater rays out there on the market, have not found alot of info on the different kinds. Round rays and Florida rays I know are out there.The yellow spot is one also, but not easy to find and my LFS can not seem to find a vendor with one... But not sure of any others besides the blue spot I can locate and get.

thanks
 
There are only a handful of small marine rays on the market that do well in captive settings.

Cortez (U. maculatus)
Yellow (U. jamaicensis)
Round (U. halleri)
Bullseye Round (U. concentricus)


Atlantic rays - AKA: FL rays/FL FW rays/Sabine rays/St John's ray (D. sabina) are another option, but get a little bigger.
 
Thanks for the info. Ya, those I have looked into.. The yellow or the bullseye are other options if I can find them...
thanks again
 
you can get the yellow rays from divertom.com when he gets back from vacation in november, cant beat his prices if you pick up at airport cargo (southwest). he ships in the morning and you get it the same night
 
Deano1956 said:
you can get the yellow rays from divertom.com when he gets back from vacation in november, cant beat his prices if you pick up at airport cargo (southwest). he ships in the morning and you get it the same night
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His price list shows its only 30.00 for a yellow stingray. At that price (plus shipping of course) I ma just order two..
thanks for the info. We will see what he has in Nov when he gets back.
 
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