Best way to raise iodine?

ShaggyRS6 · Jul 31, 2020

What’s the best product out there to raise iodine levels? I want something simple if it’s available .

YankeeTankee · Jul 31, 2020

Potassium iodide and in case you're wondering it wont raise K much.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jul 31, 2020

I agree. Use an iodide supplement rather than other forms.

i'd also suggest doing it as an experiment, not as something that "needs" to be done, since many folks (myself included) have not found iodine dosing useful.

ShaggyRS6 · Jul 31, 2020

Thanks to you both !!

Funston07 · Jul 31, 2020

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
I agree. Use an iodide supplement rather than other forms.

i'd also suggest doing it as an experiment, not as something that "needs" to be done, since many folks (myself included) have not found iodine dosing useful.

Correct me if wrong but dont nems benefit from iodine? Just curious cause I'm getting a nem and have heard this, dont wanna add anything extra to water if its not "needed" as you say. Not in my main tank at least. Dont mean to hijack thread either but figured it pertains to iodine.

User1 · Jul 31, 2020

About a year ago one of my ATI ICP tests came back and said low iodine. I sent another one of and it also came back lower. Little lower than the previous test. I looked around and picked up Lugol's from Kent or one of the more known marine dosing supplier kits, went back to ATI's recommendation, asked a few questions, calculated dose, dose, and then sent off another ICP kit to ATI and compared results. In between looked at the tank like I normally do and didn't really notice anything. I still do not to this day.

I send off 3 ICP kits to ATI a year about one every 3 to 4 months when I remember. It really is nothing more than for an outside source looking at my water quality. Nothing more. Since I'm lazy and do not do a lot of tests this at least gives me something to look at when I look at what I manually test or have done automated via the Trident.

In the case above ATI said my iodine was low twice, I dosed, and the next test result came back with it ok and in their range. So the dose worked. However did I notice anything in my aquarium? Nope. And I have 8 rose bubble tips and a couple mushrooms. Still don't think it really did much.

Your mileage may vary but as noted above you can dose. Do it slow. Watch how the tank reacts. I'm in the camp that isn't sold it does anything.

Funston07 · Jul 31, 2020

saf1 said:
About a year ago one of my ATI ICP tests came back and said low iodine. I sent another one of and it also came back lower. Little lower than the previous test. I looked around and picked up Lugol's from Kent or one of the more known marine dosing supplier kits, went back to ATI's recommendation, asked a few questions, calculated dose, dose, and then sent off another ICP kit to ATI and compared results. In between looked at the tank like I normally do and didn't really notice anything. I still do not to this day.

I send off 3 ICP kits to ATI a year about one every 3 to 4 months when I remember. It really is nothing more than for an outside source looking at my water quality. Nothing more. Since I'm lazy and do not do a lot of tests this at least gives me something to look at when I look at what I manually test or have done automated via the Trident.

In the case above ATI said my iodine was low twice, I dosed, and the next test result came back with it ok and in their range. So the dose worked. However did I notice anything in my aquarium? Nope. And I have 8 rose bubble tips and a couple mushrooms. Still don't think it really did much.

Your mileage may vary but as noted above you can dose. Do it slow. Watch how the tank reacts. I'm in the camp that isn't sold it does anything.

I just bought a glitter bomb BTA so thats good to know. Thing is extremely colorful so I just wanna make sure I got everything to help benefit it and keep its crazy coloration. At least thats one less worry for me now, thought I was gonna have to keep an eye on iodine now too.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jul 31, 2020

Funston07 said:
Correct me if wrong but dont nems benefit from iodine? Just curious cause I'm getting a nem and have heard this, dont wanna add anything extra to water if its not "needed" as you say. Not in my main tank at least. Dont mean to hijack thread either but figured it pertains to iodine.

You "hear" lots of claims about iodine. I kept anemones and when I stopped dosing iodide, I saw no difference.

They have no "need" for iodine in the scientific literature.

Here's the tank years after I stopped iodine dosing:

Funston07 · Jul 31, 2020

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
You "hear" lots of claims about iodine. I kept anemones and when I stopped dosing iodide, I saw no difference.

They have no "need" for iodine in the scientific literature.

Here's the tank years after I stopped iodine dosing:

Awesome, I appreciate the info especially with the knowledge you have in this hobby I've read a few of your articles/post.