Iodine and Carbon dosing

netsequent

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I've been both carbon dosing (vinegar/kalk) and maintaining certain trace levels with Potassium Iodide supplement. In recent reading I was reminded that Iodine is a disinfectant. I've seen good progress toward wiping out last bits of GHA after stopping the Iodine dose. What would be the best test kit to closely track Iodine? Also, is there any truth to the rumor that there is interaction between Iodine and Phosphate in GHA?



Lighting 10000k DE MH / t5 actinic.
PO4 0
Nitrate 0
 
I haven't heard of any reason to believe that there's a link between iodine and phosphate in any context, but it's not impossible. You could try one of the various iodine test kits on the market. I tried a couple of Salifert kits, but that was one of the few categories of kit that I couldn't seem to get to work. That might have been bad luck, though. Others have reported better luck.
 
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