I purchased a red sea iodine test kit. Now have it at .06 ppm.
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Are you just following the dosage on the bottles instructions?Since dosing a few drops a week of iodine as stated above, the zoas open and extend....
At first added 4 drops once a week and 2 drops mid week. Now my test kit shoes increase from .03 to .06. So I will now does 2 drops once a week and see what the test kit shows. I do small water changes daily with new salt. 1 gallion. 91 gallon total water volume without rock. I use 70 gallons when calculation dosing. Like more water volume but want to error on conservitive side. Hope this helps.Are you just following the dosage on the bottles instructions?
This is what I use for iodine(Fuel). My LFS went into great detail on all the benefits Fuel provides. I’ve used it for about 2 years. When I run out , sometimes I don’t buy more and sure enough, in time, my zoas look weak and not happy. When I start dosing again, I usually see overnight results. I now have the biggest bottle they make in my fridge lol. Good stuffI've been having the EXACT same issue for a while now as well. I have Fuel coming in the mail tomorrow, which I see has Iodine in it.
Ya, appreciate caution. This is why I decided to cut down dosing and monitor now that I have a reading on test kit. An icp test sounds like a good idea.Thanks for the pointers, they are appreciated. My ICP tests have kept showing me to be quite low on iodine, so I'm willing to give it a try for at least a little while.
ICP test is new to me. How do you go about it? Link?? And about how much does it cost.I ICP test each of my tanks every three months.
Your NO3 and PO4 are out of wack , you need Brightewells NeoNitro and There BioFuel, they work in sinc to get both levels to .05. Do you have Bio Bead reactor ?All, I have had issues over the last 6 months of ZOA's not staying open. Sometimes for weeks and when they did open would only partially open with many of the ZOA's staying closed. All other corals are doing OK (Mushrooms, Hammer, Frogspawn, Candy Cane, Duncan, and a few other LPS). Tried all sorts of helpful information provided on Reef2Reef. Then at a new fish store in Irving TX, I discussed the issue with the owner. And he said to try adding a few drops of Iodine to the tank. He gave me Lugol's Solution from Brightwell Aquatics and ordered an iodine test kit. Added 4 drops to the tank and the next day all my ZOA's (3 colonies), over a 100 polyps were fully opened and extended. And they stay open all day . . . Wanted to share.
I will be testing for Iodine periodically and keep the level between .03 and .07 PPM ( target .05 PPM). So if your having issues with ZOA's add an Iodine test to the tool chest.
Tank is Red SEA 350 (73 gallons, 18 gallon sump). HD 26 lighting (2). SG 1.025 / 1.026. GFO. Carbon. UV. Dose Kalkwiser. Refugium. H380 light over it. PH-8. Nitrates 0. Phosphates .031. Calcium 430. DKH 7.8. Temp 78 to 80 (hot here in Texas). Use Fritz salt. Perform 1 gallon per day water change.