Lots of Dead Fish

[yote]

That would be a big NO on the air stone.Airstones will only cause micro-bubbles and salt creep.

I have to agree with Biff and Reef on the power heads.

You might want to check for stray voltage too.Ive seen that kill fish but not be enough to tickle you when your working in the tank.

[Bifferwine]

Ooooh good one Yote! I hadn't thought of that! Some of your equipment may be faulty and could be putting out a current in the tank. Sometimes it's not enough to outright kill them, but it can stress them enough that they eventually die. Check for that too.

[reeffreak]

I second moving the powerheads near the surface and adding additional ones.t sounds like a lack of flow and oxygenation.

[yote]

Yeah Biff.
When he posted that they were fine,then all of a sudden were swimming on their sides and acting strange,I remembered seeing a tank with 2 jawfish do that at Bermuda.While checking the jawfish,we noticed that the light on the heater was flashing off and on,and when we checked it,there was a small crack in the glass which had let some water in.In short there was some low voltage current running through the tank,which killed both of the fish.

[winyfrog1]

yep what biff and yote said.

[DesoShade]

I live in maryland too!

[hibye]

i think if you have more water movment the less ich you will get because the fish go near it and it and it gets all the fish off

[jhnrb]

I would recommend you lower the salinity and increase surface agitation at the same time. once you have treated with low salinity gradually increase it and keep the additional surface agitation going. add more pumps if needed. I suspect your difficulty is low oxygen or a parasite you cannot see, i.e. gill flukes, etc.

[Piggy]

Originally Posted by MrSpecial

The fish store I use is named 'Exotic Aquatics'. Would it be a good idea to start using air stones, too?

Where is that in MD? I've heard of them.