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

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

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.

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
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