Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #15 Iodine

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

There are a number of different chemicals that aquarists dose for iodine supplementation.

What simple chemical might be used as an iodine supplement, but which must be dosed regularly?

Remember, this is a joke, and since I made it up, I take full blame for it. lol

Previous Joke of the day:

Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

Oxygen is the highest weight concentration atom in a reef aquarium. There's also a lot of potassium. How do you think they get along? Previous reef chemistry joke of the day: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-joke-of-the-day-12.853463/

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[KrisReef]

Table salt, but IOdon't know why"

 

[Sean_B]

I'll have to go back and read through

Iodine in Marine Aquaria​

again........

 

[Sean_B]

"everyday" table salt?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I'll have to go back and read through

Iodine in Marine Aquaria​

again........

FYI, it's not mentioned. lol

 

[Jedi1199]

There are a number of different chemicals that aquarists dose for iodine supplementation.

What simple chemical might be used as an iodine supplement, but which must be dosed regularly?

Remember, this is a joke, and since I made it up, I take full blame for it. lol

Previous Joke of the day:

Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

Oxygen is the highest weight concentration atom in a reef aquarium. There's also a lot of potassium. How do you think they get along? Previous reef chemistry joke of the day: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-joke-of-the-day-12.853463/

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Is the joke that you jumped from 13 to 15?

 

[alain Bouchard]

Is it to take with a pinch of salt?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Is the joke that you jumped from 13 to 15?

I actually saw I had two #13, so I skipped 14 lol

Someday I'll probably fix one of them

Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

Oxygen is the highest weight concentration atom in a reef aquarium. There's also a lot of potassium. How do you think they get along? Previous reef chemistry joke of the day: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-joke-of-the-day-12.853463/

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Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

A chemist friend comes over to see your new super crazy color coral. But as soon as he walks into the tank room he scowls at the tank and says "Hey, if I were you, I wouldn't trust the atoms in your tank". "What are you talking about" you ask, hoping he's lost his marbles. 'Well,..." What...

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[KrisReef]

I actually saw I had two #13, so I skipped 14 lol

Someday I'll probably fix one of them

Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

Oxygen is the highest weight concentration atom in a reef aquarium. There's also a lot of potassium. How do you think they get along? Previous reef chemistry joke of the day: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-chemistry-joke-of-the-day-12.853463/

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Reef Chemistry Joke of the Day #13

A chemist friend comes over to see your new super crazy color coral. But as soon as he walks into the tank room he scowls at the tank and says "Hey, if I were you, I wouldn't trust the atoms in your tank". "What are you talking about" you ask, hoping he's lost his marbles. 'Well,..." What...

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Well that explains everything, I was in the wrong period the whole time.

 

[Dburr1014]

I o dine everyday at 6.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

And the answer is...

What simple chemical might be used as an iodine supplement, but which must be dosed regularly?

Periodic acid.

Yep, its a real thing.

Periodic acid - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Some might pronounce it per-iodic acid, like per-oxide, but I do not know if there is any definitive way to know it is not just like periodic (occurring at intervals).

 

[KrisReef]

Per I o Dick? Not touching that everyday.

 

[Drendo]

I’m so slow, I can’t even follow Randy’s jokes, let alone molecular science.