Iodine...

parrotchute

DUSTOFF MEDEVAC
I've got a few soft corals now (some shrooms, toadstools, zoos, and some GSP) - should I supplement with Iodine? (and test, obviously) I do regular water changes, so the salt mix should be keeping up Iodine levels, but I'm not sure if it's enough...
What do you guys think?
 
From what I understand, your softies should survive and multiply just fine without iodine dosing. Your salt mix should already have a good enough level, I think.
 
I've never dosed my tank with iodine.I do however give every new coral I bring home a Lugols Solution bath before it goes in the tank.
 
I was dosing Iodine for my softies for several months and didn't notice any improvement. Didn't seem to do any harm either. I stopped dosing several weeks ago and everything seems to be doing better. I made some other changes to improve water quality at the same time so I can't say if the improvement is due to not dosing Iodine. For now I'm not going to add anything to my tank.
 
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