RE: oh help i can't see (adding ice melt)

["Eric Wahlig" <ewahlig at earthlink_net>]

Josh,

Ice melter may have KCL in it but I'm pretty sure its not "food grade" or
even "agricultural grade". Who knows what other chemicals are in it? I
would do a large water change and add activated carbon in the water flow
path or filter. I suspect there is some kind of poisoning going on. 

> From: "josh bjork" <fishytaste at hotmail_com>
> Subject: oh help i can't see
>
> I'm on my third fish this week that is dying with the exact same
symptoms.  
> They seem just fine.  Then they start sitting at the surface gasping for 
> air.  their nose gets red in front of their eyes.  Then they just
collapse.  
> It just takes a hour or two from start to finish.  The last thing i did
was 
> put a teaspoon of KCL from some ice melt in the tank.  Only one fish at a 
> time.  I would have thought if there was some foreign substance in it
that 
> all of the fish would be affected in some way.  But some are spawning at
the 
> same time.  help?
>
--Eric