Tetras At The Top Of The Tank?

[fishlette]

to add to my woes of a couple of my fish swimming vertically, i have noticed ALL my tetras swimming at the surface as though looking for food. they have not long been fed so i feel they are not actually hungry. could this be in any way related to the issues i have spoklen about in another thread???

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=185037

i have read the stress zyme (or stress coat as it is called here in australia) is good in helping control nitrates. is this true? i have also heard that fresh live plants are also good for reducing either nitrites or nitrates i cant remember. can anyone shed some light on this for me?

also, could higher levels of copper in the water be contributing to the water quality? we have generally high copper in our water but there was talk on the news the other night about increased copper in our water at the moment due to the effects of the drought we are suffering at the moment

 

[WILDER]

Water change and increae aeration in the tank.
Does your declorinator remove heavy metals, if so add more of the declorinator if you have copper in the water.

http/www.fishtanksandponds.info/care-mai...l-poisoning.htm

 

[fishlette]

Water change and increae aeration in the tank.
Does your declorinator remove heavy metals, if so add more of the declorinator if you have copper in the water.

http/www.fishtanksandponds.info/care-mai...l-poisoning.htm

it doesnt mention heavy metals on the bottle it just says it removes all harmful ammonia and nitrites. have water changed and added another air stone but i already had the filter and an air stone running in there.

also just went down to my lfs and they gave me a product called aqua clear. apparently it is supposed to attract all the bad stuff and then filter it out in the hope that this would also help with hte cloudiness in my water. since ive put the other air stone in the tetras have returned to the bottom of the tank and my bn plecs arent rushing up for a lot of air either. i am going to get one of those air hose things long enough to run the length of my tank so i dont have to run the filter plus two airstones in there.

hope this helps. ive lost three fish in the last 12 hours and the last one was my hubbys fav and seeing as im the one in charge of the water quality etc i feel really bad