Questions on Nyos ION after first ICP testing

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A bit new to the SPS game and everything was going amazing until it wasn’t. Ran my first ICP test and from what I can tell my STN and RTN I’m noticing are deriving from a lack of Iodine. Not quite ready to go full moonshiners on this and have been using Nyos ION B two part. I did order some Iodine from ATI to fix the immediate but planning on incorporating Nyos Trace afterwards to keep some of the deficiencies up. Just looking for opinions or some newbie guidance.

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I'm skeptical that the low iodine alone is the cause of your RTN.

@Randy Holmes-Farley do you have a minute to take a look at the OP's ICP test results please?
 
I agree that low iodine is not likely to cause such issues, if anything at all.

Since a number of critical trace elements may be low (iron, manganese, vanadium, etc), I’d look into a trace element mix such as Tropic Marin A and K. NYOS trace may be fine, just not as familiar with it.

I’m not sure your issue has a chemical cause, and I’d keep looking for others, such as flow, pathogenic bacteria, lighting, organic toxins, etc.
 

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