Are There Any Rays That Will Fit In A 75?

[Triggerobsessed]

i am getting a 75 gallon and really love freshwater rays. i know most species get enourmous, but will any be fine in a 75?

 

[heymickey94]

yes, rays can FIT in a 75 gallon and may stay alive for a little while, if you are lucky. But, as a true fish keeper you shouldn't want your fish to just stay alive, you should want them to thrive. And no, no species of ray will thrive in a 75 gallon. ANyway good luck with your tank

 

[pica_nuttalli]

yes, rays can FIT in a 75 gallon

not any adults and not if they ever feel like turning around. remember, a ray is more than it's disc--they also have big stiff tails!

triggerobsessed, you're looking at a minimum of 4x2.5x2 for a ray tank and ideally a 6x3x2 (length x width x height, all in feet). no standard 75g will be wide enough for an adult FW/BW ray (i'm not up on marine rays, so that *might* be an option)

 

[heymickey94]

By fit I meant that was all they could do would be fit in the tank, not move lol

 

[Triggerobsessed]

I see your point and am no longer going to get the ray. I want a large predatory fish, that is active....any suggestions

 

[pica_nuttalli]

By fit I meant that was all they could do would be fit in the tank, not move lol

just checking


trigger, do you have the dimensions for your tank? when figuring out what large fish can go in a tank, its very important to know just how long and wide the tank is.

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

Youve definately got quite a few options. Saltwater rays would be the way to go. Also you ever thought about skates? There are even brackish species. Little skate (Raja erinacea), Roundel Skate (Raja texana). It all depends on availiblity and what you can catch. Ive gotten more "trash fish" from fisherman than you could imagine. Overfiltering and floorspace are probably the most important thing for rays.

 

[CFC]

Youve definately got quite a few options. Saltwater rays would be the way to go. Also you ever thought about skates? There are even brackish species. Little skate (Raja erinacea), Roundel Skate (Raja texana). It all depends on availiblity and what you can catch. Ive gotten more "trash fish" from fisherman than you could imagine. Overfiltering and floorspace are probably the most important thing for rays.

Are you mad? Its a 75 gallon tank, thats 48x18" of floor space at most, not even enough for the smallest freshwater species let alone any marine marine species.

 

[Triggerobsessed]

Ok i think ill just go with some large cichlids, maybe an oscar and some large catfish. The tank is a standard 75 and im going to put 2 fluval 405s of the tank so filtration will not be an issue. I just kinda wanted something different that not many people have.

 

[nmonks]

In a 75 gallon tank there are lots of options. If you look at the medium-sized oddball fish, there is a huge variety of freshwater and brackish water stuff to choose from. Off the top of my head, some ideas:

• Anableps
• Mudskippers
• Freshwater flatfish
• Violet gobies
• Estuary halfbeaks
• Snakeheads
• Climbing perch
• Spiny eels
• Bichirs
• Rare loaches
• Pufferfish (how about a school of a dozen South American puffers!)

And this is before you even think about the unusual Lake Malawi and Tanganyika cichlids. A harem of shell dwellers for example, with a big school of Boesmani rainbowfish at the top for dither fish, would be an amazing sight, and something very different to the usual tank.

There's really no reason to get locked into the "Oscar plus Catfish" mentality with a big tank. One of the nice things about freshwater fishkeeping is the sheer variety of oddball fish on offer, many of which work well in communities, and more often than not are very easy to keep if you know what you're doing.

Cheers, Neale

Ok i think ill just go with some large cichlids, maybe an oscar and some large catfish. The tank is a standard 75 and im going to put 2 fluval 405s of the tank so filtration will not be an issue. I just kinda wanted something different that not many people have.

 

[GobyMaster]

Youve definately got quite a few options. Saltwater rays would be the way to go. Also you ever thought about skates? There are even brackish species. Little skate (Raja erinacea), Roundel Skate (Raja texana). It all depends on availiblity and what you can catch. Ive gotten more "trash fish" from fisherman than you could imagine. Overfiltering and floorspace are probably the most important thing for rays.

Are you mad? Its a 75 gallon tank, thats 48x18" of floor space at most, not even enough for the smallest freshwater species let alone any marine marine species.

I know, even the smallest marine skate requires at least a 100 gallon, although a 150 gallon would be better.

@Trigger- Do you want primarily freshwater of brakish water?
If it'll be freshwater, I'd go with a few bichirs and a small snakehead or two.
Cheers,
GobyMaster

 

[mlawson]

I would seriously consider the Anableps, they are great fish and very interesting to watch.