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Which and why?
TIA!
Which and why?
TIA!
Best home iodine test kit?
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Also anyone have any new(ish) evidence based info on iodine? The only legit looking stuff I can find is the the venerable @Randy Holmes-Farley from the mid 2000s in RK mag.
Not sure about new evidence, but Iodine is a very difficult element to test and supplement. Depending on coral species and bioload… it’s gone within a few days and dosing monthly, biweekly, or even weekly will typically lead to an overdose. For this reason I’d recommend to dose iodine after receiving your ICP results rather than a home test kit that is hard to perform and read.
ICP came back with levels low. Everything else was within normal levels save iron: tested very high (I use black sand, very high in iron) and Phos: way too low (I cut back on my filter sock changes, and eliminated water changes)
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I've only used Red Sea and they have been great for everything else I've tested, but not for Iodine. Maybe it's just me, but the color change is so very slight I can't read it with any confidence. If you wanted, I would send you my kit as it is not longer really useful to me.
I’d run a magnet through the black sand. Put one in a ziplock bag and go to work. Iodine always comes back low and needs tiny daily doses.
I had no idea Hanna even made an iodine checker
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Yeah, I wasted money on it and it literally won't work for marine applications. I read everything about it and hanna never once says it's not for marine anywhere. Thanks hanna. I am really starting to hate them. Calcium test is a waste of money as well.
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They DO NOT make one suitable for a reef tank.
DO NOT BUY this Hanna Checker!
There seems to be growing confusion in the reefing world over the Hanna iodine checker...
www.reef2reef.com
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Iodine? Unlikely to be more than error.
DO NOT BUY this Hanna Checker!
There seems to be growing confusion in the reefing world over the Hanna iodine checker...
www.reef2reef.com
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Seachem made my kit, which I hate. Total PITA. Every time I test my iodine/de is zeroed out and therefore I'm glad it comes with a positive control.
I will say that I've basically given up on testing and I sort of just "give 'er a squirt" once a week or so. When I do this my corals look incredible by the next morning.
Only anecdotal.
I will say that I've basically given up on testing and I sort of just "give 'er a squirt" once a week or so. When I do this my corals look incredible by the next morning.
Only anecdotal.
