Ati icp low iodine

[Michael Gray]

Iodine is low. I know @Randy Holmes-Farley said it might not be a factor but I know you suggested specific ones instead of lugols. What about their own ATI IOD. It says dose .68ml for 3 days. Not sure if you know what is in it.

Also ordered a veegee refractormeter since they have my salt ar 31ppt and my milkwaukee says 1.025 on the money. So that will be corrected

 

[Spare time]

I would look into red sea trace colors. They have iodine plus it's a simple dosing solution. I dont think the corals will be too picky though

 

[Michael Gray]

My corals wont live. Which is why I got this test. Every sps frag croaks in a week lol. Lps arent looking hot. So I'm at a mystery why. Except for salt and iodine low

@Spare time ill.read about red sea. I was just looking at ati because they gave me the exact dose and how many times. No guessing

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

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[Pdash]

My corals wont live. Which is why I got this test. Every sps frag croaks in a week lol. Lps arent looking hot. So I'm at a mystery why. Except for salt and iodine low

@Spare time ill.read about red sea. I was just looking at ati because they gave me the exact dose and how many times. No guessing

If your sps die in under a week I wouldn't worry about trace, you have to prioritize in this hobby. Having low salinity is the likely culprit. You have to get the basics right before you add complexity, otherwise you will never figure out what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. Validating important tests is an order of magnitude more important than even thinking about trace elements.

 

[ihavecrabs]

Agreed with Pdash, I think salinity is the main concern. Can’t hurt to correct iodine/iodide but I dose and every ATI ICP test shows it as low for me too. Seems it gets utilized fairly quickly in my tank. Doesn’t seem to hurt anything when it gets a little low though.

 

[Michael Gray]

If your sps die in under a week I wouldn't worry about trace, you have to prioritize in this hobby. Having low salinity is the likely culprit. You have to get the basics right before you add complexity, otherwise you will never figure out what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. Validating important tests is an order of magnitude more important than even thinking about trace elements.

Copy that. About to test with new refracto when I get home from work in an hour.

 

[lapin]

Note: after correcting salinity, try to next keep your alk stable.

 

[Michael Gray]

Note: after correcting salinity, try to next keep your alk stable.

I made the cal fluid 35ppt per randy and set new refracto. Tested my water, it was 1.025 or maybe a dash under that. It iant 31psu like ati icp test came back.

My alk is stead at 8 to 8.1. Plus ordered kh director so that will take care of that. Guess I just need to let tank run before another frag gets introduced.
I'm. Doing 25g WC today with new salinity of 35. I'll raise it a little to 35 and make sure wc water is same temp and same dkh before it moves over

 

[Lasse]

Use your result from your ICP test in this calculator - you will get an idea if the ATI salinity test or your own is closest to the real value,

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Michael Gray]

I changed about 25g today. It appears to look accurate. After calibrating my new veegee. I mixed my esv salt. Which states 34ppt at 9.1dkh. I mixed to 35ppt and got 9.3. So I'm pretty confident this new refracto is more accurate. I tested same water change water on my milkwaukee and it came out as 1.028. So it makes sense me mixing my water to 1.025 on milkwaukee was a little low.

After my 25g change my probe is saying 32.8-33psu now. I'll be doing another one tomorrow and more WC to eventually get it to 35ppt and then send another ati lab test in.

Also tested iodine in fresh mixed water water and it came back as .06 via red sea pro so my salt has the right amount so water changes should fix this

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Also tested iodine in fresh mixed water water and it came back as .06 via red sea pro so my salt has the right amount so water changes should fix this

Iodine depletes in a few days, so water changes are unlikely to maintain it.

 

[bar|none]

Use your result from your ICP test in this calculator - you will get an idea if the ATI salinity test or your own is closest to the real value,

Sincerely Lasse

Awesome! That is super helpful. Why doesn't Triton have such a calculator right on their site?

 

[Michael Gray]

Awesome! That is super helpful. Why doesn't Triton have such a calculator right on their site?

I just dont know what supplement to get. Ati icp test obviously give me a correction with their product. Ati iod .60ml for 3 days. But if I was going to use say redsea trace. No idea what I'd dose to raise then maintain

After 2 25g WCs, my salinity is at 33.8. Once it gets to 35psu in a couple weeks I'll send in another ati lab test

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I just dont know what supplement to get. Ati icp test obviously give me a correction with their product. Ati iod .60ml for 3 days. But if I was going to use say redsea trace. No idea what I'd dose to raise then maintain

if you want one that allows you to know what you are dosing, just use one with a known concentration, like ESV.
lots of iodine supplements

 

[Michael Gray]

@Randy Holmes-Farley. Anywhere to know what caused my aluminum to be at the level it is. My rodi was tested by ati as well which everything was undetectable. I understand its not high compared to alot of people. But I never used pure blocks or any artificial form of po4 or nitrate reducers. I dosed mb7 for a little early on? I dosed monopptassium phosphorus to lift po4. And potassium nitrate to get nitrate up. That's it. No marine pure blocks or anything. Here is my rodi icp test

 

[Lasse]

A calculation with the calculator I linked to show salinity to be 31.9 psu - so yes - everything indicate that you was low in salinity. The Al is of no concern IMO. Just compare with the next analyse - it could be the salt you use or/and bad mixed in dry condition.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Michael Gray]

A calculation with the calculator I linked to show salinity to be 31.9 psu - so yes - everything indicate that you was low in salinity. The Al is of no concern IMO. Just compare with the next analyse - it could be the salt you use or/and bad mixed in dry condition.

Sincerely Lasse

Hey lasse. Ya I looked back as far as my chart shows on salinity probe which isnt to long. Because I didnt have graphs activated. But since sending the sample in I see it showing like 32.4. So it was low. I did 2 wc since I'm at 33.8psu now and have 25gallons to change today. I'm really hoping this is part of the reason my corals are croaking. Especially sps frags I cant keep for the life of me

Working my way up to 35psu exactly

 

[Lasse]

Keep your eyes on PO4 - it is in the lower range IMO

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Michael Gray]

Keep your eyes on PO4 - it is in the lower range IMO

Sincerely Lasse

Ya its lower now. Was 2ppb last night. I dosed .5ml of potassium phosphorus last. Right. I'm about to test in 10 min and dose accordingly to keep it .03 to .05. But dont want to over so it.

Been doing 25g WC to raise salinity so I'll have to test and dose after changes