purplereef
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Up until very recently, some of my corals have had just drab colors (specifically the red millepora/prostrata). My params for dKh, Mg, Ca, salinity are all in the NSW ranges. One of my friends suggested that I check out my iodine/iodate levels.
Does anyone regularly test iodine ion levels in their water? I've been testing for a few weeks now (once per week) after a weekly addition of six drops of Lugol's solution for my ~400-450 gallon system. I've not been able to detect any iodate in the water. Since iodine/iodate supplementation via Lugol's addition can quickly get into dangerous territory, I'm trying to stay patient and raise things slowly. Seeing nothing at all via the test kit is well...disappointing.
Does anyone regularly supplement iodine ion? If so, what do you use? For those that do measure, what levels do you measure in your tank?
Some helpful information.
1) I'm using the Salifert kit which expires in 2013, so I assume that the reagents are still good.
2) dKH = 8.0, Mg = 1250, Ca = 400, refractive index of the water is 1.024.
Does anyone regularly test iodine ion levels in their water? I've been testing for a few weeks now (once per week) after a weekly addition of six drops of Lugol's solution for my ~400-450 gallon system. I've not been able to detect any iodate in the water. Since iodine/iodate supplementation via Lugol's addition can quickly get into dangerous territory, I'm trying to stay patient and raise things slowly. Seeing nothing at all via the test kit is well...disappointing.
Does anyone regularly supplement iodine ion? If so, what do you use? For those that do measure, what levels do you measure in your tank?
Some helpful information.
1) I'm using the Salifert kit which expires in 2013, so I assume that the reagents are still good.
2) dKH = 8.0, Mg = 1250, Ca = 400, refractive index of the water is 1.024.