ideas!!!!!

[ams153]

ok so i went out today and bought 2 eels.. ones a green wolf eel and the other a snowflake eel. I also put a blue spot stingray on hold that i will be picking up on wednesday. I have a 150 gallon tank and eventually want to go bigger and make it a shark/ray tank but for now just the ray but i want some top fish that will swim around a bit more i plan to get a volitan lion but want some ideas of a couple more bigger nice fish that i could keep in the tank so any ideas would be great!
thanks
Andrew

 

[pogi pants]

Don't do Trigger's with a stingray. My Huma Trigger ended up eating half of my stingray's tail. Get some puffers or some batfish

 

[huma huma6]

no puffers either maybe some kind of grouper

 

[psusocr1]

what are the dimensions of this tank?
i would say that tank is too small for a stingray but unfortunatly that blue dot wont live long enough to evan know( which im sure you know about since you seem pretty educated on fish which is why im confused that your buying it :notsure: :thinking: ).. they have EXTREMELY poor survival rate, not longer than evan 6 months.. good luck with him but dont put any triggers, puffers, wrasses, or angels with him

 

[psusocr1]

gourpes are out of the question as well.. WAY to big for a 150

 

[hatessushi]

Huma Huma is only one variety of trigger. There are so many other triggers that are not like the Huma Huma.

 

[psusocr1]

all triggers will pick the eyes out of a shark or stingray, not just the huma huma..
maybe ot at first.. maybe not for 6 months.. but eventually you will have a dead shark/ray

 

[airframer]

Ive not had any problems with my Huma Huma ( knock on wood ) He lets my wolf eel and Porcupine puffer bully him around more than anything

 

[ams153]

i do understand that my tank that he will be in is too small for him but i do have a 220 thats set up and running so i would have a larger tank for him when he needed it and i do unerstand that they have a low survival rate, but the pet store has had this one for about 3 weeks and ive been in there often and it eats and is very healthy and big so i just thought id give him a try yea he may die but whether he's with me or not he may die.. why exactly is it that they have a low survival rate though ive always heard that but never really known why!?!?!?

 

[ams153]

oh and as for the dimensions there kinda weird i got it from a guy who had it special made im not totally sure but its some where around 26" wide by 6' long by 22" tallim pretty sure that's what he told me im not able to measure right now but yea the only thing i not sure on is the height! which really isnt important anyways!

 

[ams153]

im thinking along the lines of tangs.. because i want an aggressive tank but i dont want fish that are going to want to kill eachother any better ideas? and psu have you ever owned a blue dot and if so i would love to get any hints on good ways to take care of them! you are probably right it probably will die but it is a beautiful fish and really shouldn't be in the 55 that its currently in at the fish store!

 

[psusocr1]

no i have never owned a blue dot and i personally never would.. not worth it IMO i knew two people who have and the longest the one lasted was 6 months.. he ate very well until the day he died and all of a suddent he just uped and died for no reason..same witht he other one
either way good luck witht hem!

 

[krj-1168]

So the tank's dimensions are 72" x 26" x 22". Which equals almost 180 gallons.
why do Blue dot ribbiontails do so poorly?
Well -it could be any number of things
- possibly the species needs very specific conditions to thrive - water chem, temp, salinity.
- or maybe it just does poorly in tight quarters, like home aquariums.
- or maybe it's just not a very hardy species to begin with.
- or maybe it's easily stressed.

 

[psusocr1]

these rays also dont liek to buryt hemseleves they usually like to find hiding spot in the reefs under large stag corals or dive wrecks etc. etc.
they also need pristine water quality and also nothign can be used except RODI water for your tank since there are none contaminents in tap water that will harm the blue dot

 

[ams153]

the RODI thing isnt so much a problem as all of the water i use is very well filtered and the water parameters isnt so much either i have yet to have a spike and this tank has been up and running for about a year but then again all its had in it was a lionfish which i just traded in for a larger one but i also understand that it would probably end up dead somehow or another anyways so idk i decided to talk to my LFS tomorow and figure it out then!

 

[psusocr1]

it doesnt matter how well filtered your water is.. when talkign about blue ribbontail's its is imperative to use RODI water to evan have a chance.. this isnt my opinion its scott micheals...

 

[ams153]

ok so ill be sure to use only RODI water if i chose to take the chance with one and also how active are the blue spot stingrays?

 

[psusocr1]

blue ribbontails liek to see shelter from overhanges , cliffs, and alrge corals,, so i would say not very active.. but that all depends on what your idea of active is