Hello Everyone! I'm relatively new here and was hoping that someone could help me. I have a 270g non-reef and was looking into possibly getting a stingray. I have no experience with rays but have always wanted to get one. I have a wide variety of fish in the tank currently ranging from blennies, to eels, to tangs, to a porcupine puffer. I don't know if a ray would work because of the smaller fish in the tank or if there is just not enough room for the ray to swim. The dimensions are 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet in height. The tank has a lot of height but I know the footprint is the important part for the rays as they will mainly stay on the bottom. For the rock within the tank, There are four columns that build upwards in a pyramid style. I tried to keep in mind leaving space for the ray when setting up the rock and leaving decent gaps in between the columns. I don't have a photo at the moment I will add one tomorrow.
I don't plan on getting a bigger tank so I would hope to get a ray that stays relatively small. From what I researched many websites point to a blue spot ray saying they are ideal for a tank roughly the size of mine. However, my tank is very abnormal in its dimensions and at times super impractical. Every time I clean I basically have to get into the fish tank but it is what it is.
If you have any advice please let me know as it would be much appreciated and if a ray is not suitable for my tank I fully understand. I just want to know a little more about them and was hoping someone on here would be able to help.
Here is a full list of the current fish in this tank:
1 x Porcupine Puffer 8-9"
1 x Blond Naso 7-8" + 2" streamers
1 x Black Hawaiian Trigger 7"
1 x Niger Trigger 3"
1 x Valentini Puffer 2"
1 x Percula Clown 1.5"
1 x Snowy Onyx Clown 1"
1 x Cherub Angel 1"
1 x Snowflake Eel 12"
1 x Melanurus Wrasse 3"
1 x Fuzzy Dwarf Lion Fish 2.5"
1 x Red Scooter Blenny 1"
1 x Algae Blenny 2.5"
2 x Banggai Cardinals 2" each
3 x Pajama Cardinals one is 2" the other two are 1"
1 x Black Cardinal 3"
1 x One Spot Fox Face 5"
1 x Unicorn Tang 4"
1 x Clown Tang 3"
1 x Orange Spot Rabbitfish 7"
1 x Yellowtail Angel 6"
1 x Clown Trigger 1" (his name is hulk for obvious reasons)
1 x Powder Blue Tang 3.5"
I will be moving a 3" juvenile Emperor Angel and a 5" Sailfin Tang into the tank in the next few weeks. They are going through qt at the moment.
I don't plan on getting a bigger tank so I would hope to get a ray that stays relatively small. From what I researched many websites point to a blue spot ray saying they are ideal for a tank roughly the size of mine. However, my tank is very abnormal in its dimensions and at times super impractical. Every time I clean I basically have to get into the fish tank but it is what it is.
If you have any advice please let me know as it would be much appreciated and if a ray is not suitable for my tank I fully understand. I just want to know a little more about them and was hoping someone on here would be able to help.
Here is a full list of the current fish in this tank:
1 x Porcupine Puffer 8-9"
1 x Blond Naso 7-8" + 2" streamers
1 x Black Hawaiian Trigger 7"
1 x Niger Trigger 3"
1 x Valentini Puffer 2"
1 x Percula Clown 1.5"
1 x Snowy Onyx Clown 1"
1 x Cherub Angel 1"
1 x Snowflake Eel 12"
1 x Melanurus Wrasse 3"
1 x Fuzzy Dwarf Lion Fish 2.5"
1 x Red Scooter Blenny 1"
1 x Algae Blenny 2.5"
2 x Banggai Cardinals 2" each
3 x Pajama Cardinals one is 2" the other two are 1"
1 x Black Cardinal 3"
1 x One Spot Fox Face 5"
1 x Unicorn Tang 4"
1 x Clown Tang 3"
1 x Orange Spot Rabbitfish 7"
1 x Yellowtail Angel 6"
1 x Clown Trigger 1" (his name is hulk for obvious reasons)
1 x Powder Blue Tang 3.5"
I will be moving a 3" juvenile Emperor Angel and a 5" Sailfin Tang into the tank in the next few weeks. They are going through qt at the moment.
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