Help! Stingray advice.

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I need your advice... I'm planning to go for a reef aquarium once i have a little more money!:bling: and just wondering... I think the blue spotted stingray:stingray: is the best stingray ever (excluding the GIANT manta ray:drool: which i love, but i would need a tank the size of sea world!!!!!) and since im going that route im wondering if the blue spotted stingray would get along fairly well in a reef aquarium including, anemones, sponges, sps corals, lps corals, soft corals, clams, cleaner shrimp, harlquin shrimp, dancing shrimp, and sexy shrimp:naughty:. Plus hermit crabs and brittle starfish... I know they need a TON of sand space plus A..LOT of open swimming room so,... it's going to have an octopus protein skimmer, a giant one at that... 1200 pounds of live rock:WHOA:,a 620 gallon sump, and a R.O unit that tops off the aquarium when it gets to a certain point. Other fish include leftover damsles and Perucala Clownfish from cycling and lots of different types of tangs and foxfaces, moorish idols , cleaner, scooter, and algae blennies plus other butterfly fish and triggerfish, mandrin fish, cardinals,and large and pygmy angels complete the stocking.....:screwy: PSMy mentors tank size is going to be the same as mine..... before you stop watching it wait till minute 1:26 here it is..:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VztJAeL_rGY
 
I cant believe i forgot the most important piece, the question! As i was saying, the question was.. will he live peacefully with everything i mentioned without transporting him to a seprate tank because of fighting...(P.S.S there possibly idk but if there's two will they kill each other or team up on other fish, thought they were peaceful though huh!? Rember go to the link from and admire it as much as i did!:popcorn::drool::popcorn::drool::popcorn:!!!!
 
That species of Blue Spotted Stingray - is known to be very difficult to keep and maintain. They generally aren't considered to be a hardy species.

A much better choice would be a Yellow Stingray, or a Cortez Stingray. Both of these are much hardier species and tend to pretty well in captivity.
 
are you talking about the bluespotted stingray[ dasyatis kuhlii] or the more common blue spotted ribbontail ray [taeniura lymma]
 
i have 2 blue spotted ribbontail rays for about 4 years now, they live with a zebra eel and 3 small tangs not in a reef scenario.Things to watch stingrays in reef tank. puffers and triggers will nible on tail possible infection. nitrate and phos will ballon affecting coral. need fed every day, constantly excavating sand possible rock collapse, need large uninterupted swimming area, corals, anemone may sting . if its the ribbontail stingray they are susceptible to stress to the piont of death this is only imo
 
krj-1168;5051634; said:
I was actually referring to the Ribbontail stingray (Taeniura lymma). Since that's the species which was in the video. I'd never heard of someone keeping one alive for more than 2 years - until now.
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i wasnt asking you i was asking the op, thanks for telling me that you havent heard of any one keeping alive for more than 2 years. quite a few people in aus have good survival rates with that ray in the right environment
 
Rays and reef situations like that don't tend to do well. Rays like to push over coral.
I'm with Ken on this one, blue spots (in general) don't tend to do well in the US. Might have to do with the transport over here. There are a handful off well kept animals, but 9 times out of 10, they'll die in the first few months.
I'd also question a RO top off as it will make more work for you. Automated stuff like that isn't a good idea in my opinion. 1200 lbs of live rock also seems a bit much.
 
I know I re-thought it 1200 LBS. does seem like much...maybe only 700 LBS., wait, you do remember this is a 1500 gallon tank RIGHT....?O.k I wont go automated..... but I keep getting mixed results... some say it's good some say it's bad?I don't know anymore!!! And the triggers I've heard they damage sharks but... stingrays?!?!?And yes, I' m not so stupid I don't know stingrays are flattened sharks...And i guess I'll give up on the Triggers,but... The anemones are staying.... On another note I wan't some Cleaner shrimp and other shrimp like Harlquins.
That species of Blue Spotted Stingray - is known to be very difficult to keep and maintain. They generally aren't considered to be a hardy species.

A much better choice would be a Yellow Stingray, or a Cortez Stingray. Both of these are much hardier species and tend to pretty well in captivity.​
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What stingray can go with them? I need some non-mixed info! O.K!!! and... I'm up for the challenge.... The freshwater fish tank will be full of Dicus zebra plecostumus and a Black Ghost Knife Fish... Very EXPENSIVE also....and hard to keep...:cry: :banhim:
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Zoodiver;5051682; said:
Rays and reef situations like that don't tend to do well. Rays like to push over coral.
I'm with Ken on this one, blue spots (in general) don't tend to do well in the US. Might have to do with the transport over here. There are a handful off well kept animals, but 9 times out of 10, they'll die in the first few months.
I'd also question a RO top off as it will make more work for you. Automated stuff like that isn't a good idea in my opinion. 1200 lbs of live rock also seems a bit much.
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zoodiver, i agree i would never have any stingray or shark in a reef tank, if you read my post you will see my 2 two are in a fish/ eel system. if you wont a healthy reef keep predators out
 
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