Iron dosing: feosol carbonyl iron

[bertoni]

The ingredients for that product are listed as:

Ingredients
Lactose , Sorbitol , Carbonyl Iron , Hypromellose , Contains 1% or Less , Carnauba Wax , Crospovidone , FD&C Blue 2 Aluminum Lake , FD&C Red 40 Aluminum Lake , FD&C Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake , Magnesium Stearate , Polydextrose , Polyethylene Glycol , Polyethylene Glycol 8000 , Stearic Acid , Titanium Dioxide , Triacetin

I wouldn't use it, personally.

I am not sure, but I don't think that the supplement contains iron pentacarbonyl, which is a liquid. I think it's just carbonyl iron, which is elemental iron prepared from iron pentacarbonyl.

 

[magnetar68]

I have a tank with a lot of macro algae and was trying to do the same thing. I could not find anything on the drug store shelf I trusted: too many other ingredients. I went with Kent iron and manganese. Randy mentions it without completely dismissing it. I have been doing a few ml once per week into a 34G. It does appear that my algae growth has increased and the colors have deepened; but that is totally not scientific and may be wishful thinking; on the other hand, my soft corals are doing great and I see no adverse side effects in the corals or the seahorses.

 

[wolfoholic]

I have a tank with a lot of macro algae and was trying to do the same thing. I could not find anything on the drug store shelf I trusted: too many other ingredients. I went with Kent iron and manganese. Randy mentions it without completely dismissing it. I have been doing a few ml once per week into a 34G. It does appear that my algae growth has increased and the colors have deepened; but that is totally not scientific and may be wishful thinking; on the other hand, my soft corals are doing great and I see no adverse side effects in the corals or the seahorses.

That great! I just don't want to waste the money I had spent. Anyone know if Randy is still active on rc? Maybe we can invite him on this thread! I

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[bertoni]

Unfortunately, Randy's not around currently.

 

[wolfoholic]

Cryyyyyy
Haha oh well. We'll I just saw that chelated means it will release slowly, but correct? I the packaging reads"gentle and slow absorbtion".

Did some research before submitting this post came across this research paper that right after the abstract explains the compound in question.

Too bad this won't work.

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[bertoni]

The strength of the chelation bond varies. Something like EDTA can bind up a metal too strongly, so that it's not easily available. The advantage of the iron citrate is that it appears to be reasonably available, and the citrate is consumable.

 

[wolfoholic]

Well anyone who has made the salt and willing to send me some for some $$? I