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Been out of fresh water for a while and a friend's tank has ich. There are neons and other community fish in that tank and most of them have ich. In the past, I've used both the salt and increase heat method and also medication with success. Was wondering what the preferred method is now...

Hmm... just noticed Form. 1 says Tropical Fish also... guess its ok. For some reason, I thought fw and sw foods would be different.

My main tank is a saltwater tank and I use Ocean Nutritions Prime Reef as one of the main foods. I just noticed that it says it's also for Fresh water fish. http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_fish_food_ocean_nutrition_dry_flakes.asp Does anyone here have experience with this on fw fish?

What type of lights? If you go with metal halides, you should have them up atleast 6-8". At that distance, salt creep shouldn't really be an issue. I used egg crate to cover my tank. Pics half way down: HERE

Do you have any pics??? :D

Seems like the only places around me that sell rubber lipped plecs are Petsmart. I never buy fish from them either, but since I couldnt find them any where else short of ordering them online, I gave it a shot. I bought 2, about 1.5-2" and they didn't last longer than 1 month. I bought algae...

It'll be apparent to you when you get them in your hands. Soak them in warm water w/ vinegar. You can run them while soaking... Scrub them and that should remove the calcium and coraline build up. That should be good enough, but if you want to take the extra step. You can soak them in bleach...

I dont recommend putting tap water directly into the tank. You should dechlor the tap water in a separate bucket first. Mix it around, then dump it into the tank. I dont understand your question about the little bubbles and new tank water...

Looks good. My gf might be interested for her fw tank. Curious to know though, what did you use to glue the rocks together? I couldnt see any glue in the pics and was wondering if the rock structure would hold-up over time.

I haven't been keeping up to date... what happened to lr.com?

For water changes?

Also check out http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/forum/index.php

How about tossing some java moss (or any other hardy plant) in the tank to help export nitrates?

Partial water changes are better. It would be less susceptible to adversly effecting the fish. If you are doing 100% water changes, you would have to acclimate them each time as the water parameters, temp, etc change 100%. Also, if you are doing 100% w/c, I hope you're not cleaning the gravel...