Martyn
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I use to dose iodine and stopped dosing several months ago.
nothing changed except it seemed as if the acropora polyp extension during the day was much better.
But it could of been because of a whole lot of other changes I did.
Just resently one of my fish I have had for nearly 2 years came down with some sort of stomach bacteria.
I thought it would not do any harm to start adding some iodine.
Over a week I tested with the salifert test kit bringing levels up to 0.04 ish.
I did notice that my acropora's polyp extension was not as good as normal I added iodine when the levels dropped from 0.04 after about 4 days to bring it up again and still the polyp extension was not so good as normal.
the fish recoverd for some reason don't know why and I stopped adding the iodine solution again over the next few weeks My acropora's polyp extension have come back to normal and the one that that had stopped completly extending its polyps is just starting to show them again.
tests on the salifert test kit now show zero.
Well I suppose it could of been anything causing the polyps to not come out so well but it is strange it happend when adding iodine to keep levels near 0.04ish for just over two weeks and coming out better when the reading went back down too zero.
I could of brought the levels up to fast or the test kit could be giving a wrong reading.
But I was squeezing Racemoser for about 4 days when the fish first showed signs of an infection and adding it to the tank then stopped?
But none of the other SPS corals where effected like the Acropora's the other SPS corals where the same as always.
Sorry for the ramble Brad And J Newton.
Martyn
[Edited by Martyn on 10-14-2000 at 07:45 AM]
nothing changed except it seemed as if the acropora polyp extension during the day was much better.
But it could of been because of a whole lot of other changes I did.
Just resently one of my fish I have had for nearly 2 years came down with some sort of stomach bacteria.
I thought it would not do any harm to start adding some iodine.
Over a week I tested with the salifert test kit bringing levels up to 0.04 ish.
I did notice that my acropora's polyp extension was not as good as normal I added iodine when the levels dropped from 0.04 after about 4 days to bring it up again and still the polyp extension was not so good as normal.
the fish recoverd for some reason don't know why and I stopped adding the iodine solution again over the next few weeks My acropora's polyp extension have come back to normal and the one that that had stopped completly extending its polyps is just starting to show them again.
tests on the salifert test kit now show zero.
Well I suppose it could of been anything causing the polyps to not come out so well but it is strange it happend when adding iodine to keep levels near 0.04ish for just over two weeks and coming out better when the reading went back down too zero.
I could of brought the levels up to fast or the test kit could be giving a wrong reading.
But I was squeezing Racemoser for about 4 days when the fish first showed signs of an infection and adding it to the tank then stopped?
But none of the other SPS corals where effected like the Acropora's the other SPS corals where the same as always.
Sorry for the ramble Brad And J Newton.
Martyn
[Edited by Martyn on 10-14-2000 at 07:45 AM]