HELP My Rays!

[Mr. Allgood]

Next question, how could I get "proof of death"?

 

[davenmandy]

Man my condolences. Honestly man, I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I have been following wishing for the best.

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[Mr. Allgood]

Sorry, medicating myself. Proof of cause of death?

 

[cyclura]

Do you have a vet that would do a necropsy? they could check for chemicals or ?

 

[DB junkie]

Sorry, medicating myself. Proof of cause of death?

IF you have patience Iowa State......

I have to dig for the place I sent mine to. Results weren't real conclusive as they specialize in catfish, but they're willing to give rays the ol college try. Problem is they need to be bagged and kept cold (not froze) and hit there quick otherwise even less conclusive...... Gill samples need to be taken right away and mixed properly proportioned in formalin. (I messed that part up bad). I'll look for the contact info......

 

[Mr. Allgood]

Well I have one curling now and my mature male will likely be curling tomorrow, then just 4 females left. I will be calling around in the morning for necropsy. Just did another 70g wc with water from the next town. It kills me that I just dropped $500 on this hybrid less than a month ago

 

[DB junkie]

I have my report at work, will post the info when I get there in the AM... That little piece of paper is why I run more watts of UV then I think I do lighting on my tanks.

 

[Mr. Allgood]

Dead pup #3. 11 months old. Eyes and rectum bloody. She fought hard all week...

 

[burbon44s]

Man, I feel real bad for you.
I hope you figure this out quick

What about using a very large UV?

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[Zoodiver]

For cause of death proof, you'll want pics of the bodies, the display and a lab report that can run done specifics based on tissue samples. Liver and kidney will be the most beneficial as they will show what contamination happened as they filter the blood.

So by simply monitoring TDS coming out of the RO you can tell if the water is safe to use or not correct?

IF carbon blocks won't take out stuff like ammonia, copper, or zinc then is it safe to assume the only thing that will is an RO membrane since whole house carbon blocks are basically the same as the first few stages of RO? Or are some of the things like ammonia going to get through RO/DI? See, I feel like an idiot here cause I assume that RO strips almost everything (99% pure water) and now it seems that last 1% it misses contains an awful lot of nasty.......

I'd love a lesson on what can get through RO and what can't......

Good info Matt! Thank you!

TDS is only part of the big picture. Good RO/DI should be 0 or VERY low TDS and a stable pH of 7.0. No ammonia. I test those three things to give me an idea of how well the unit is doing on cleaning up the city water.
A combination of the carbon as a first stage for removal of metals and starting to pull chlorine and then a DI chamber as the last does a great job at pulling out any of the added or bonded chemicals going in. As for bacteria, usually they are killed by the chemicals in the first place (or at least should be if the chemical dosing by the city is done well).