Can I add Iodine to my topoff?

Yevoc

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 22, 2020
Messages
247
Reaction score
464
Location
Midwest
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I am writing to see if I am able to add iodine to my top off.

My ICP came back a couple times with low Iodine so it seems to be an on going issue.

My suggested does was under a ml a day. Triton suggesting 7ml a week.

I refill my auto top off once a week I was wondering if I could add it to the RO/DI?

Would there be any benefit to spreading it out?

I have heard Iodine tends to be rather reactive so would it lose its effectiveness not being dosed directly?
 

dank reefer

IG: dankreefer_IG
View Badges
Joined
Jul 29, 2018
Messages
2,214
Reaction score
2,571
Location
Concord, NC
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I am not a chemist by any means, But I do add Red Sea ABCD colors program to my ATO res and I have not had any issues.
 

Randy Holmes-Farley

Reef Chemist
View Badges
Joined
Sep 5, 2014
Messages
67,516
Reaction score
63,950
Location
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I am writing to see if I am able to add iodine to my top off.

My ICP came back a couple times with low Iodine so it seems to be an on going issue.

My suggested does was under a ml a day. Triton suggesting 7ml a week.

I refill my auto top off once a week I was wondering if I could add it to the RO/DI?

Would there be any benefit to spreading it out?

I have heard Iodine tends to be rather reactive so would it lose its effectiveness not being dosed directly?

IMO, the iodine (likely iodide) may change form (to iodate) when highly diluted and exposed to O2.

That may be fine, but iodate is less bioavailable, and it may possibly accumulate where iodide would not (I think that happened in my tank when I experimented with iodate dosing).

That said, I'm not convinced iodine is a useful supplement, so it's hard to get less useful (IMO). lol

That said, i know some people think it is useful in their aquaria.
 
OP
OP
Yevoc

Yevoc

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 22, 2020
Messages
247
Reaction score
464
Location
Midwest
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
IMO, the iodine (likely iodide) may change form (to iodate) when highly diluted and exposed to O2.

That may be fine, but iodate is less bioavailable, and it may possibly accumulate where iodide would not (I think that happened in my tank when I experimented with iodate dosing).

That said, I'm not convinced iodine is a useful supplement, so it's hard to get less useful (IMO). lol

That said, i know some people think it is useful in their aquaria.
Thanks that is what I was thinking. I will just dose it once a week.
 

Spectuhcle

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Dec 29, 2023
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
Location
Chantilly
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
IMO, the iodine (likely iodide) may change form (to iodate) when highly diluted and exposed to O2.

That may be fine, but iodate is less bioavailable, and it may possibly accumulate where iodide would not (I think that happened in my tank when I experimented with iodate dosing).

That said, I'm not convinced iodine is a useful supplement, so it's hard to get less useful (IMO). lol

That said, i know some people think it is useful in their aquaria.
Sorry for posting on an old thread but isn't iodine required for Shrimp?
 

Randy Holmes-Farley

Reef Chemist
View Badges
Joined
Sep 5, 2014
Messages
67,516
Reaction score
63,950
Location
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Sorry for posting on an old thread but isn't iodine required for Shrimp?

There’s no evidence that shrimp need iodine in the water. Only hobbyists quote that, without any evidence. Commercial aquaculture of shrimp in ponds has no mention at all of any such need.
 

Seansea

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Dec 20, 2022
Messages
1,135
Reaction score
989
Location
Flat Rock
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I had low iodine from my ATS and my zoas looked like doggy doo. Started adding captiv8 trace to my ato and iodine is up amd zoas are exploding.
 

When to mix up fish meal: When was the last time you tried a different brand of food for your reef?

  • I regularly change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 35 25.2%
  • I occasionally change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 47 33.8%
  • I rarely change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 43 30.9%
  • I never change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 10 7.2%
  • Other.

    Votes: 4 2.9%
Back
Top