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The levels were probably high due to the dead animals in there. Did you rinse the new carbon or the filter before use?

 

was it used?

 

Wow I've never tested chlorine. I'm gonna follow along with this. Can chlorine stay in even after going threw an RO unit? Also as a safety can you still use dechorine drops after going threw RO unit?

 

me to i dont like having animals die we love our reef and fish and our dogs abby, is our female mother and is 17 hope we keep her for awhile longer she has been a real blessing if anybody knows where to find american eskimo minis please let us know

 

So sorry that happened to you /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/sad.gif I don't know what the company could do, but maybe give them a call? you never know.

 

Sorry to drag up another old post but good learning point. Also so Sorry for the loss. That is always a bummer to see...
As far as the chemistry it is hard to piece things back together after the fact as any death in the tank is going to cause a change. But a big red flag in this instance is the chlorine. Chlorine should not be naturally occuring in our fish water. Where chloride is somerime present with sub par salts. Chlorine and chloramines are typically found in our water systems in unfiltered water. Any chloeine is harmful to biological life. Hence the reason we use it to keep iur eater ckean. An ro unit will remove all chlorine through the charcoal filrer assuming it is not ar capacity. And a rodi unit will have water that is slightly more pure. Was the filter washed in brinewater/saltwater before being installed?
The levels of ammonia nitrites and nitrates were all fatal. But I would still wager that that was a build up over night. With a good sized and hardy clean up crew a death can be a blip in your water paramatrrs. But a full spike like that I would imagine that there were multiple deaths within a short period.