175 needs some new fish

[baileyaa]

Okay, I need help. I'm maintaining a 175 tank that has been running for two years, all tests are good. There's only a 18" snowflake in there. About 120 pounds of rock, and all the high-tech gear you can think of. I just started on her about a month ago getting everything ready to go for new stock. I'm put in some damsels and trying to get the eel on krill and such (no more goldfish and mollies). What would you guys through in their? I just want something out of the ordinary.

 

[mlandrigan]

Don't put damsels in there! They are very aggressive and almost impossible to catch once in. They might work once you have plenty of other dominant fish in there to minimize their aggression.

 

[lesleybird]

Originally Posted by BaileyAA
Okay, I need help. I'm maintaining a 175 tank that has been running for two years, all tests are good. There's only a 18" snowflake in there. About 120 pounds of rock, and all the high-tech gear you can think of. I just started on her about a month ago getting everything ready to go for new stock. I'm put in some damsels and trying to get the eel on krill and such (no more goldfish and mollies). What would you guys through in their? I just want something out of the ordinary.
What happened to your old stock?

 

[baileyaa]

Originally Posted by Lesleybird

What happened to your old stock?
Its a customers tank. Over the last 8 months or so he said everything just started dying off. He didn't do any water changes in the last 4 months before me taking over. For the last month i've been going from 5-10% water changes a day to about 20% every two weeks. Thats were im at now.
This is the reason why im putting in about 8 damsels. For some reason if there is a diesease lingering, it will hit them. Im just wondering what you guys would stock with because i dont want to stick to my normal favs.