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 Posted: February 26 2011 at 7:17pm |
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Iodine levels can adversely affect soft corals, zoas/palys, cloves, anthellia, and xenia in particular. Do you dose Iodine or Iodide in your tanks? If so what brands and what is your schedule?
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Steve My Old 180G Mixed ReefCurrently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8
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Posted: February 26 2011 at 11:40pm |
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We use Auqavito twice a week. Is that enough?
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 3:45pm |
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It depends on your Iodide level. I would recommend a test kit, I have to dose Iodide in my tank daily to keep my levels in check. You do have to be careful dosing Iodide, because too much can actually do harm, as can not enough.
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 4:19pm |
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I agree with Steve and would recommend the SeaChem test kit over the Salifert for iodide. The Salifert kit gives a false positive for Iodine when dosing Aquavitro Vibrance. I use the salifert kits for everything else but after a lot of research I found an article on Saliferts site that explained that when using stabilized iodide like vibrance their kit can give a false positive.
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 4:29pm |
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Nice to know.. thanks guys!
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 6:11pm |
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+1 to that Burt I found out the hard way, thanks for clarifying that!
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 7:17pm |
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Dosing iodine scares that crap out of me. I have read some horror stories of peeps nuking their tank.
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Posted: February 28 2011 at 7:33pm |
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As long as you're testing regularly you shouldn't have a problem. As with anything if you keep an eye on it it'll work out fine. Neglect it and dose without testing and you can have a problem.
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Posted: March 01 2011 at 8:37am |
Watch the coral. Add a little of anything and watch the coral. They may show a slight change or improvement. Follow their lead. If you have never added Iodine of any kind, it's time to. Add a small amount. Take it slowly and observe. Tests can be deceptive and can be wrong. Watch the coral. 
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