Cleaner shrimps

[petenheather]

thanks Travis, our friend at blue zoo said we have a lot of corals and they NEED the iodine..lol, we are always testing and doing water changes weekly! doing fw for a long time (which can be a little boring, sorry fw people) is NOT the same, there is so much to choose from and never a dull moment with this hobby!!!

 

[petenheather]

I have a lawnmower blenny, 2 clarki clowns and a six line, 2 shrimps, 1 bubble coral, 1 hammer, 3 frogspawn, 1 sun coral, 1 brain, 1 huge torch coral, 2 flower pots,plus over 45lbs of figi rock. Do I REALLY need Iodine?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

In short, no. Dosing Iodine is very over rated and you can easily overdose a tank. Because Ioding isn't very readily taken out by most corals, it just sits and builds up. Your list of corals definitely aren't large users of Iodine, let alone need very much of it. Here is a few good reads.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2003/chem.htm
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/april2003/chem.htm
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-12/rs/feature/index.php

 

[petenheather]

thanks Travis, I will check these site out

 

[petenheather]

So I guess no more fish for me! boo hoo How about more corals?