I purchased some used dry rock and Tampa live rock, threw it all in a 100 Rubbermaid stock tank and dosed it with some bacteria in a bottle. I dropped 3 turbo snails in the tank, amphipods, copepods and been dosing with phytoplankton, sheets of Nori for the snails and a cube of frozen fish food. I was worried that the used rock may have been contaminated with copper so after 6 weeks, I sent a water sample off to Triton for an ICP test.
Good news – no copper detected. I knew phosphates would be high but was surprised to see Barium was high at 62.00 µg/l and Iodine was extremely high at 222.00 µg/l. I am using Red Sea Coral Pro at 1.026 SG.
What could have made the Iodine so high?
Good news – no copper detected. I knew phosphates would be high but was surprised to see Barium was high at 62.00 µg/l and Iodine was extremely high at 222.00 µg/l. I am using Red Sea Coral Pro at 1.026 SG.
What could have made the Iodine so high?