how to reduce iodine in the tank ?

[David Cher]

i am using zeovit and from icp test it is super high . how can i lower it ?

i have been using Seaweed from hikari , is it due to this that is causing high iodine ?

 

[ryanjohn1]

i am using zeovit and from icp test it is super high . how can i lower it ?

i have been using Seaweed from hikari , is it due to this that is causing high iodine ?

Personally I doubt it’s high. Which icp tester did you send too? Mine is always low

 

[David Cher]

i used fauna marin

 

[Vested]

Carbon will remove some, if you stop the source though it should go down on its own very quickly. I would find that, maybe do some water changes. If its really that high its not from seaweed, probably one of the zeovit additives

 

[David Cher]

Carbon will remove some, if you stop the source though it should go down on its own very quickly. I would find that, maybe do some water changes

i did not dose any iodine

 

[Vested]

i did not dose any iodine

Your dosing something with iodine, what products do you dose specifically? They may not say iodine but have it

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Id ignore it. I doubt GAC will bind any assuming it is a mix of iodide and iodate. If it also comprises organics containing I then it may.

 

[EricR]

From reading, it seems to me that most that don't dose it tend to have LOW Iodine levels on ICP.

This isn't really too useful but, since I also use Fauna Marin Reef ICP, I'll just throw out my results over last 3 ICP tests:
- 3/2023 ICP showed Iodine = 0.012 mg/L which is LOW per FM's recommendations.
- Was having some zoa issues so started dosing Seachem Reef Iodine at half the recommended beginner dosage on the bottle for quite some time. (Didn't help zoas in my case, by the way)
- 2/2024 ICP showed Iodine = 0.526 mg/L which is more than double your levels <-- Never noticed any issues with this, by the way.
- Stopped dosing Iodide, obviously (wasn't helping my goal anyway).
- 6/2024 ICP showed Iodine = 0.085 mg/L which is closer to recommended.

So, not sure why yours is high without dosing but I don't think that level is worth any sort of panic.

 

[taricha]

Some common salts (Instant Ocean / Reef Crystals) mixes up to 0.1-0.2ppm iodine, so that's not crazy high.

 

[David Cher]

Some common salts (Instant Ocean / Reef Crystals) mixes up to 0.1-0.2ppm iodine, so that's not crazy high.

i am using fm salt. i am using zeovit blue bottles - b balance , xtra