Stocking Help... For an Agressive Reef Tank

[Wyspur]

Hi All,
I Recently moved and was able to sell or trade my current live stock to help pay for the tank to be moved to my new house. I am in the process of getting my tank set-up all over again and want to change it's design. Now, I am planning on converting my reef to an aggressive fish tank with corals. What I would like from everyone is a stock list of what you would put in this tank. First, My wife would like to start with at least one snowflake eel. Second, My son would like t have a sting-ray. Finally, I want a lion or scorpion. Also, unless you believe I can do it please avoid suggesting squirrels or groupers. If you do suggest either of these please give me a reason why you think these will work.

Tank Description
Display Tank: 240 gallons (2ft x 2ft x 8ft)
Sump: 40 gallon
Refuge: 20 gallon long
Filtration:
Skimmer: Reef Octopus 250
Media Filters: 2 Canisters powered by a maxi-jet 1200s (carbon & phosban)
Return: Marineland Pondmaster 1800
Lighting
2 Odyssea systems each with 2-double ended 250 watt HQI, 2-55 watt T5, and 3-3bulb 2 watt led moonlights
Waterflow:
2-Sicce Voyager 4
1-Sicce Voyager 3

Current Livestock
1 Rose Bubble Tip
1 Serpent Star - approximately 2ft in diameter
1 Brain Coral - Bright Eyes Favite
1 Frogspawn
1 Candycane Coral
1 Sandsifting Star

Any suggestions for stocking this tank would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Don

 

[Dmorty217]

I would stay away from the sting ray if you are going to have rocks and corals, they will scrap themselves and get a infection and potentially die. With a snowflake eel your serpent and sand sifting stars are lunch. Harlequin Tuskfish, clown tigger, blue jaw trigger, saragassum or crosshatch trigger, large tangs, large foxface, marine betta, highfin snapper, lookdown just to name a quick few off the top of my head

 

[Wyspur]

I would stay away from the sting ray if you are going to have rocks and corals, they will scrap themselves and get a infection and potentially die. With a snowflake eel your serpent and sand sifting stars are lunch. Harlequin Tuskfish, clown tigger, blue jaw trigger, saragassum or crosshatch trigger, large tangs, large foxface, marine betta, highfin snapper, lookdown just to name a quick few off the top of my head

Thanks Dmorty, that's what I was thinking on the sting ray. I told my son I would do research. And, you just gave me my conclusion.

For everyone:

Here's what we have looked at and are thinkg of putting in it.

Papuan Toby Puffer (Canthigaster papua)

Antennata Lionfish (Pterois antennata)

Orangebanded Stingfish (Choridactylus multibarbus)

Veliferum Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum)

Yellow Bellied Blue Hippo Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

Hardwicke Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke)

Harlequin Tusk (Choerodon fasciatus)

Snowflake Eel (Echidna nebulosa)

Marine Betta (Calloplesiops altivelis)

Any changes or additions you have I would appreciate.