Dosing Iodine

[derrick orosz]

Anyone do it and for what purpose. I was buying what I thought was 5 bottles of magnesium but accident but for mag and 1 iodine ....

 

[Pistol]

I dose 3 drops a week, inverts require it.

 

[Salty Cracker]

I add it too. Old habit

 

[derrick orosz]

I dose 3 drops a week, inverts require it.

In what size tank?

 

[Pistol]

200 gal total volume

 

[Kman]

I used to years ago religiously but have stopped a long time ago and have never noticed any difference. If you do regular water changes you will be fine. I just don't like dosing for something I don't test for. Mind you if you stick to a basic amount every so often it will not hurt.

 

[Pistol]

i used to dose 5 drops a week and tested religiously and I never tested hi so now i dose 3 drops and no tests.

 

[NEC]

I dose 3 drops a week, inverts require it.

You will get enough from your water changes to supplement for inverts. Unless you have many types of macro algaes I don't see the need in dosing extra.
JM2C

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[derrick orosz]

What's a water change? lol

Haven't done one of those in a year

 

[NEC]

Lol that changes things quite a bit. What are you doing to replenish your trace elements since no waterchanges?

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[derrick orosz]

Lol that changes things quite a bit. What are you doing to replenish your trace elements since no waterchanges?

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I dose calcium , alk and mag daily

 

[scubasteve]

I always use it.... You sure it's iodine or iodide there's a big difference between the two. Iodide is much safer iodine will kill your tank if you overdue it just a little bit. Inverts need it, macro uses it and zoos really really need it.

Salifert has an iodide test kit so you can test it.

 

[Salty Cracker]

I actually dose lugols myself, which is a mix of iodine and iodide