Iodine

Localzoo

Localzoo

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Anyone know of how to add iodine to fish food or how to supplement it. My jewel has a goiter and everything I've read Says lack of iodine...their natural habitat contains more iodine than sea water who knew? Any advice? Thanks


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cichlidaddicted

cichlidaddicted

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Seachem nourish is a suppliment you add to food contains iodide not sure if that's the same thing do a google search for yhe ingredients

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AndyNarwhal

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Just add some Kent concentrated Iodide to your water. Adding to food would be very difficult to do without overdosing. Potassium iodide is also highly soluble so chances are it would just leach out of the food as soon as it hit the water anyways.

Andy
 
Localzoo

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AndyNarwhal said:
Just add some Kent concentrated Iodide to your water. Adding to food would be very difficult to do without overdosing. Potassium iodide is also highly soluble so chances are it would just leach out of the food as soon as it hit the water anyways.

Andy
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Is there any issue with affecting the good bacteria?


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Localzoo

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I've never used iodine on my reef tank but I know people with certain corals do but I'm gonna give it a try ps they just spawned so she must be ok just has a goiter hopefully they don't eat this batch


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atmagoulick

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Localzoo said:
Anyone know of how to add iodine to fish food or how to supplement it. My jewel has a goiter and everything I've read Says lack of iodine...their natural habitat contains more iodine than sea water who knew? Any advice? Thanks


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Iodine comes in a liquid form. You could just add drops into your tank. The question is how many drops per gallon. I would research it online.

Best Regards,

Andy

PS: Jewels are awesome, let me know if they breed.
 
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AndyNarwhal

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Iodide in the concentrations recommended for aquariums will not affect your beneficial bacteria.

Keep in mind that all aquarium supplements are using iodide and not iodine. These are quite different from each other. Iodide is relatively harmless but iodine is used as a disinfectant and toxic in higher concentrations. It also is not used because iodine is not water soluble while iodide is.

Keep in mind that iodized salt also contains dextrose and calcium silicate as stabilizers and anticaking agents which you may not want to add to your aquarium. Although they probably cause little harm.

Andy
 
Localzoo

Localzoo

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AndyNarwhal said:
Iodide in the concentrations recommended for aquariums will not affect your beneficial bacteria.

Keep in mind that all aquarium supplements are using iodide and not iodine. These are quite different from each other. Iodide is relatively harmless but iodine is used as a disinfectant and toxic in higher concentrations. It also is not used because iodine is not water soluble while iodide is.

Keep in mind that iodized salt also contains dextrose and calcium silicate as stabilizers and anticaking agents which you may not want to add to your aquarium. Although they probably cause little harm.

Andy
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Thank you
she def has thyroid hyperplasia added reef salt with iodide and its a little smaller today but worried it may never disappear good thing it's not harmful or contagious just uncomfortable for her (not too uncomfortable to lay eggs)
Thanks guys hope this batch lives bc it's the only female bimaculatus I have been able to find. The two males are okay the one in the tank with her is fine


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