Stable Iodine levels?

I just can't seem to get the Iodine to stabilize in my tank. I use Kent
salt and have tested freshly mixed water and found 0.0 ppm Iodine so I
figured I was starting behind the eight ball. However, I added Kent Iodine
supplements over a few days and got the levels up to 0.04 ppm or so and
though it good for at least a week. I tested after two days and once again
0.0 ppm. Anyone else have this problem? I really love shrimp and crabs in
a tank and want to keep a stable (relatively normal) Iodine level. The tank
is freshly cycled with 50 lbs of live rock. Other water parameters are
fine. TIA -Andy

[Wayne Sallee]

You don't need to add iodine to keep shrimp and crabs. Yes
iodine comes out of the water very quickly.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



wrote on 2/1/2006 11:27 PM:
> I just can't seem to get the Iodine to stabilize in my tank. I use Kent
> salt and have tested freshly mixed water and found 0.0 ppm Iodine so I
> figured I was starting behind the eight ball. However, I added Kent Iodine
> supplements over a few days and got the levels up to 0.04 ppm or so and
> though it good for at least a week. I tested after two days and once again
> 0.0 ppm. Anyone else have this problem? I really love shrimp and crabs in
> a tank and want to keep a stable (relatively normal) Iodine level. The tank
> is freshly cycled with 50 lbs of live rock. Other water parameters are
> fine. TIA -Andy
>
>

Really? I thought it was necessary for them to molt properlly.

"Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
...
> You don't need to add iodine to keep shrimp and crabs. Yes iodine comes
> out of the water very quickly.
>
> Wayne Sallee
> Wayne's Pets
>
>
>
> wrote on 2/1/2006 11:27 PM:
>> I just can't seem to get the Iodine to stabilize in my tank. I use Kent
>> salt and have tested freshly mixed water and found 0.0 ppm Iodine so I
>> figured I was starting behind the eight ball. However, I added Kent
>> Iodine supplements over a few days and got the levels up to 0.04 ppm or
>> so and though it good for at least a week. I tested after two days and
>> once again 0.0 ppm. Anyone else have this problem? I really love shrimp
>> and crabs in a tank and want to keep a stable (relatively normal) Iodine
>> level. The tank is freshly cycled with 50 lbs of live rock. Other water
>> parameters are fine. TIA -Andy

[Pszemol]

> wrote in message ...
> Really? I thought it was necessary for them to molt properlly.

I would love to read a single scientific article on this
subject... All I know today it is only anegdotal evidence.
If you have any reliable source of this info let me know.

[Roy]

It probably is true that shrimp and some other critters need iodine to
help them mold, but I htink that the minute traces of it in a tank is
more than sufficint to allow them to molt. I have never ever added
iodine, yet all my shrimp molt, almost like they are on a set
schedule...I have to belive there is a t0n of stuff out there that
manufacturers portray to the point that its a must have and lots of
authors that go along with them for reasons unknown.........To be
honest, you cold probbaly go in any petstore and remove 99% of whats
there and never miss it......as its not needed. Thats one thing about
my friends place. He has a heap of tanks, pumps, filters, fish,
corals, lights etc, but when it comes to supplements, its mainly
kalkwasser, calcium and B-Ionic and perhaps one or two other items at
most. Same with feeds, Formula One pelleted, and the balance is store
made frozen.......There just is no need for 99% of whats out there
being marketed with extraordinary claims as to their purpose and need.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:56:34 -0800, > wrote:
>><>Really? I thought it was necessary for them to molt properlly.
>><>
>><>"Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
...
>><>> You don't need to add iodine to keep shrimp and crabs. Yes iodine comes
>><>> out of the water very quickly.
>><>>
>><>> Wayne Sallee
>><>> Wayne's Pets
>><>>
>><>>
>><>>
>><>> wrote on 2/1/2006 11:27 PM:
>><>>> I just can't seem to get the Iodine to stabilize in my tank. I use Kent
>><>>> salt and have tested freshly mixed water and found 0.0 ppm Iodine so I
>><>>> figured I was starting behind the eight ball. However, I added Kent
>><>>> Iodine supplements over a few days and got the levels up to 0.04 ppm or
>><>>> so and though it good for at least a week. I tested after two days and
>><>>> once again 0.0 ppm. Anyone else have this problem? I really love shrimp
>><>>> and crabs in a tank and want to keep a stable (relatively normal) Iodine
>><>>> level. The tank is freshly cycled with 50 lbs of live rock. Other water
>><>>> parameters are fine. TIA -Andy
>><>

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[Wayne Sallee]

Yep, that's all correct.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Roy wrote on 2/3/2006 8:21 AM:
> It probably is true that shrimp and some other critters need iodine to
> help them mold, but I htink that the minute traces of it in a tank is
> more than sufficint to allow them to molt. I have never ever added
> iodine, yet all my shrimp molt, almost like they are on a set
> schedule...I have to belive there is a t0n of stuff out there that
> manufacturers portray to the point that its a must have and lots of
> authors that go along with them for reasons unknown.........To be
> honest, you cold probbaly go in any petstore and remove 99% of whats
> there and never miss it......as its not needed. Thats one thing about
> my friends place. He has a heap of tanks, pumps, filters, fish,
> corals, lights etc, but when it comes to supplements, its mainly
> kalkwasser, calcium and B-Ionic and perhaps one or two other items at
> most. Same with feeds, Formula One pelleted, and the balance is store
> made frozen.......There just is no need for 99% of whats out there
> being marketed with extraordinary claims as to their purpose and need.
>
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:56:34 -0800, > wrote:
>
>>><>Really? I thought it was necessary for them to molt properlly.
>>><>
>>><>"Wayne Sallee" > wrote in message
...
>>><>> You don't need to add iodine to keep shrimp and crabs. Yes iodine comes
>>><>> out of the water very quickly.
>>><>>
>>><>> Wayne Sallee
>>><>> Wayne's Pets
>>><>>
>>><>>
>>><>>
>>><>> wrote on 2/1/2006 11:27 PM:
>>><>>> I just can't seem to get the Iodine to stabilize in my tank. I use Kent
>>><>>> salt and have tested freshly mixed water and found 0.0 ppm Iodine so I
>>><>>> figured I was starting behind the eight ball. However, I added Kent
>>><>>> Iodine supplements over a few days and got the levels up to 0.04 ppm or
>>><>>> so and though it good for at least a week. I tested after two days and
>>><>>> once again 0.0 ppm. Anyone else have this problem? I really love shrimp
>>><>>> and crabs in a tank and want to keep a stable (relatively normal) Iodine
>>><>>> level. The tank is freshly cycled with 50 lbs of live rock. Other water
>>><>>> parameters are fine. TIA -Andy
>>><>
>
>