Cali Stingray - what fish can I keep with her?

[in2ozzy]

I have had a Cali Stingray for about 2+ years. I had some damsels & chromis which did fine as well as I have brittle stars, serpent stars, spiny green & pink cucumber, another dark pink cucumber and a pencil urchin. I have a yellow tang and a rabbit fish of some sort that my husband just bought. Since he bought these 2 fish, the rabbit fish has killed most of my serpant stars & my brittle stars, all my dansels & chromis. For 2+ years I had all those inverts as well as small fish & never had a problem. We get the rabbit fish & the yellow tang and everything is being killed. I know it's not my ray. These 2 fish also gang up on my ray and take bites of her. I am taking them to my LFS to trade them in - what do you suggest I put in with my ray & what's left of my inverts?
I have a 300 gal tank. thanks for helping!

 

[meowzer]

WELCOME to SWF....I use to have a cortez ray.....I loved her, but she got too big for the 225G and I donated her to a large aquarium
You want fish that are calm and NOT nippers......I had chromis, a flame angel, coral beauty, (I did have tangs, and they were fine with it)
PJ Cardinals...lawnmower blennie,
you could also try a school of anthias in that size tank....Is this FO or reef too?
there are so many possibilities....

 

[in2ozzy]

Thank You Meowzer for the welcome!
Yes I am looking for fish that aren't nippers. My yellow tang is definitely a nipper - not sure if it's because the tang & rabbit fish were tank mates at the store or what - but they gang up on my ray really bad, especially when the lights are off.
I have live rock in the tank & my husband at one point wanted to do corals & such but started getting discouraged and gave up. Since I'm new to forums, as well as SWF - I'm not sure what FO stands for.
I've had saltwater tanks off & on for the past 20+ years. I've had the 300 gal tank that I have now for 6 years.
You gave me great ideas & I really appreciate it. I really don't care if we have fish in the tank or not, because I'm happy w/ my ray but my husband says it's too boring with just her in there. So if you have any other suggestions - I'm open to them.
My stingray (Zephyr is her name) is my baby & I will pretty much take her over anything so when my husband brings home fish & they pick on her - I take them back & trade them in. I've had her a long time & she's doing great when not nipped at.
I feel so sorry for her. When we first got her, we had a black spiny sea urchin that was beautiful - I had him for about 3 years or more & I ended up trading him in because when I got my ray, she got poked by his spines one time & that was enough for me.

 

[meowzer]

LOL
FO= fish only
If you can post some pictures....I'd love to see the ray
only suggestions I can make are the ones I have already