Just asking to see if anyone has had an experience with the iodine product Brightwell Iodion. I got my ATI ICP test back and my iodine was about 0.01223 ppm (quite low). I bought some Iodion to bring it up, but the instructions are quite confusing:
I followed the equation for my 60 gallon tank, but I used 50 gallons for a conservative dose. I wanted to raise it to 0.05 ppm (as to not risk going over). With this, I got 2.36 mL.
Now, my confusion lies in the fact that they state 1 ml raises 1 gallon by 0.8 ppm, but they tell you if your tank is low to dose the maximum dose of 5 ml per 25 gallons. Dosing 10 ml for 50 gallons, and using their 1ml per 1 gallon rule, the iodine level would increase by 0.16 ppm!
Why would they tell you to do this? Are they assuming your tank is super stocked and it would soak it all up?
I dosed just the 2.36 mL, but I don’t want to risk over dosing, as I don’t have a test kit.
The reason I cared to dose it was because I can’t keep a stony coral from losing tissue and my hammer bailed out both its heads. That was the most glaring issue on the ICP test. My montipora frag was almost completely dead and it has regenerated nearly half its tissue in 8 days! Here is a before and after:
I’m also switching salts (from Fritz RPM to Red Sea Blue Bucket), but I’ve only done 2 10% water changes, so I attribute the change to primarily the iodine.
I followed the equation for my 60 gallon tank, but I used 50 gallons for a conservative dose. I wanted to raise it to 0.05 ppm (as to not risk going over). With this, I got 2.36 mL.
Now, my confusion lies in the fact that they state 1 ml raises 1 gallon by 0.8 ppm, but they tell you if your tank is low to dose the maximum dose of 5 ml per 25 gallons. Dosing 10 ml for 50 gallons, and using their 1ml per 1 gallon rule, the iodine level would increase by 0.16 ppm!
Why would they tell you to do this? Are they assuming your tank is super stocked and it would soak it all up?
I dosed just the 2.36 mL, but I don’t want to risk over dosing, as I don’t have a test kit.
The reason I cared to dose it was because I can’t keep a stony coral from losing tissue and my hammer bailed out both its heads. That was the most glaring issue on the ICP test. My montipora frag was almost completely dead and it has regenerated nearly half its tissue in 8 days! Here is a before and after:
I’m also switching salts (from Fritz RPM to Red Sea Blue Bucket), but I’ve only done 2 10% water changes, so I attribute the change to primarily the iodine.