Iodine for crocea?

[awestruck]

I just was reading up at Marine Depot on crocea clams. It says that they require an "introduction to iodine". I have iodine but no testing kit so I'm afraid to add even a miniscule amount.

I have had my crocea for about 1-1/2 weeks (I posted in here last week). It only opens a crack and after some discussion we thought it might be getting too much light because it was in a darkly lit tank at the pet store. I moved it several times and it still isn't opening.

Any thoughts? TIA

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Dont waste your time. Iodine isn't really known to be very influential for many inverts, and as far as I know, clams arent very needy of it. I would guess the iodine in make up saltwater would be more than enough.

 

[awestruck]

ok, thanks for your response.

 

[a4twenty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10386371#post10386371 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmaneyapanda
Dont waste your time. Iodine isn't really known to be very influential for many inverts, and as far as I know, clams arent very needy of it. I would guess the iodine in make up saltwater would be more than enough.

i agree 100%, regular water changes to replace trace iodine ( and other elements with the exclusion of Ca, Alk and Mg, which should be tested for and maintained ) is all you need unless you are running a huge softies tank. a bit off topic but still on , i was told to never add iodine to the tank but instead to use iodide.