iodine necessary for soft corals?

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Hi guys,

Wanna know if iodine is essential for soft corals to do well?

ie mushroom and button corals.

some of my button isn't doing well and i've read from the net that iodine is rather essential.

If so, are there any recommended brands? IS Kent iodine gd?

Thanks...

[Dazza]

Hihi mate

Well I add seachem iodide n noticed that everytime i added, the mushies , toadstools, leather all extend larger than usual.

If i m not wrong iodine is more useful for softies than for stonies.

[DeepBlue]

they grow faster and recover faster if under stress(like after propagation) , but overdosing would be bad for your corals and LS..

[Assillian]

Good for xenia and sarco. Notice they are well better than no iodide added.

[sunny03]

any body have every use those medical iodine those yellow colour one wanted to try to replace those reef iodine

[ryz]

replace iodide with iodine solution??? Sounds dangerous.

[sunny03]

a few reefer i met does it but they give me the scientifi name of the medicen so dont know about it

[fishchemist]

Cannot replace iodide by iodine. Iodide( I-, is a colourless ion) is needed for coral growth while iodine(I2, a yellow solution when concentration is low and brown at higher concentration) is dangerous/poision. Never add iodine to your marine tank.

[shiraz]

actually iodine... and other trace elements would be replace in the salt mix isn't it? there's always a certain amount of trace elements in salt... maybe u need to add only if you don't do regular water changes? but of course more would help... as DeepBlue can testify...

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

too much iodine will see a profusely amount of algae growth in your main reef tank... so proper dosing is essential together with strontium....works for me....

[lightningstrike]

1st thing 1st, iodine and iodide r entirely different in the marine environment. iodide is a supplement, iddine is a hazard for marine life forms!!! yes most softies require iodide, but overdosing will not be good. most trace elements can be replenished by water change, esp when u r using recommended salt mix like tropic marin.

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Does anyone knows what should be the optimum level of iodide in our tank?

I am considering kent iodide solution. I think someone mentioned seachem iodide solution too. How much is the seachem solution anyway and where can i get one?

i will try clementi 328 ...hope they have.