Does anyone know about dosing iodine?

[ERivera65]

Its rumored that dosing iodine to your reef tank is beneficial to most soft corals and zoanthids. I have heard of people dosing lugols into their tanks. Has anyone ever dosed povidone iodine aka betadine solution? Active ingredients: povidone-iodine 10% (1% available iodine). Inactive ingredients are: citric acid, dibasic sodium phosphate, glycerin, nonoxymol-9, purified water, and sodium hydroxide. I'm wondering how much to dose into my 30 gallon soft coral tank. Any info and suggestions are welcomed. Thanks!

 

[billsreef]

Between the sodium phosphate and nonoxymol-9 (surfacant...acts like soap) I wouldn't be putting that in my tank. If you want to try a cheap readily available iodine source, plain old drug store Tincture of Iodine is safe to use in small doses. Usual dose is 1 drop per 10 gallons. Might be worthwhile if you have gorgonians, otherwise probably not worth it.

 

[mlivvy]

It's one of those things you don't worry about. It's part of your trace elements anyway so its in there with water changes or if your using 2-part with trace elements in it. Sometimes we over think in this hobby which just takes us down this long indeterminate road. For example I..... once had a plenum. :uhoh3:

 

[loqix]

I never really dosed iodine nor mag. until recently. I tested for both and they were very low. I bought Dr.Gsiodine and a Dr.Gs magnesium.

I wanted to get the the lugols but #1 it was way more expensive and too concentrated for what my taste. I use lugols mostly when I frag, not to dose.

The Dr.Gs is pretty easy to dose. 5mL every 3-4 days for 50g of water.

Both mag and iodine pretty easy to dose. Good luck

 

[504Reefer]

It's one of those things you don't worry about. It's part of your trace elements anyway so its in there with water changes or if your using 2-part with trace elements in it. Sometimes we over think in this hobby which just takes us down this long indeterminate road. For example I..... once had a plenum. :uhoh3:

x2, used to dose iodine/potassium/strontium/you name it and never really noticed much difference...now days just keeping it simple with kalkwasser & 2part w/Mg and having much more success with a lot less headache of dosing and testing 6 different things

 

[AquamanE]

It's one of those things you don't worry about. It's part of your trace elements anyway so its in there with water changes or if your using 2-part with trace elements in it. Sometimes we over think in this hobby which just takes us down this long indeterminate road. For example I..... once had a plenum. :uhoh3:

water changes! Period. Then alk/cal/mg to taste. simple recipe. just dont skimp on either of mentioned, keep them stable.

KISS- keep it simple stupid, :lolspin::hammer:

 

[AquamanE]

water changes 30% per month.

 

[ERivera65]

Hey Eddie, thanks for the input. I am sticking to your advice. I change 5 gallons weekly out of my biocube 29. I think weekly 5 gallon water changes keep everything good since I have not tested my levels for awhile. Ive got new test kits coming in this week so I can monitor my levels and keep them in check. Calc, Alk, Mag, and Phosph.