Dead fish are a real downer............sorry to hear that.
So I was about to feed the 6 gallon last night & I noticed the water flow was clogged again!!! I quickly shut it off, took it apart & it appears the culprit is the very fine API "water polishing" filter foam that was on top. When I put it up to light you couldn't see through it at all. I tossed it in the garbage & the filter is working perfectly now. No spike this time either thankfully, I guess I caught it early enough.
It's tax season again and it looks like I'm gonna owe another $3200 again. Barry's wife needs new shoes I suppose............and yet another extravagant vacation.