stingray in SPS tank?

HornetMech242

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I am in the process of planning out my next tank. I am planning on a 300G SPS with a few LPS. Is there any special planning I need to take into consideration for keeping a stingray in this tank? Is it even compatible with a reef tank and other fish. I do not have my stocking down yet but any advice would be appreciated.

Chris
 
check out this link first.

'http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=689929

well the tank would be big enough..... its just that if you go and fill it up with liverock and cover the sand and its burrowing area then your tank will be far too small.

it could be done imo but would need very careful planning and placement of the live rock and coral so that the majority of the tank remained rock free and left plenty of room for the ray. and i mean plenty of room..... the tank in the link is 1700g so he could fill it up much more then you could in a 300g.

so if you were to get a blue spot ray (bad rep for being hard to keep btw) max disc size is around abouts 30cm, so you need to make sure you have 90cm minamum distance front to back of clear area and then i would think 5 or 6 feet long area clear of rock also , so that would leave a sand patch of 90cm by 1.8m, (btw i dont know what the footprint is of a 300)

the rest you could fill with rock and cover with your coral, but dont forget SPS dont do well in tanks with too much nutrients in the water so as far a bio load is concerned i dont think you could have many other fish for tank mates without it effecting the sps corals.

hth and good luck if you go ahead, its certainly something different but i think it poses lots of headaches too!

adam
 
Yes, what amphiprion said. And make ABSOLUTELY SURE that the substrate is deep and very very fine. No exceptions!
 
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