How often do you guys add iodine into your tank?

[mike88camaro]

Ok this is a question for all you that say that your xenia grow like wild weeds. How often do you add iodine into your tank? And how much of it? I have a 29 gal tank. Please help. I want this ###### to grow like wild weeds in my tank.

[dms12]

i add reef solution. it works great i have a forest

[mike88camaro]

what kind?

[dms12]

reef solution By: EcoSystems Aquarium

[EL Diablo]

I Never Add Iodine! My Xenia Grows like a weed.

 

In fact I have way too much of it???

[SaltyDawg]

I add 4 drops every 4 days.

[BKtomodachi]

Never. You shouldnt need it if you do waterchanges.

[shanebeall]

I follow the directions on the Coralife bottle. I think it's 3 drops per gallon three times a week. They seem happy enough.

[viking1]

I never add iodine, I think the water changes take care of that.

[dyceskynes]

I add tech 1 to my tank .8ml every two weeks. I have noticed my zoos growing much faster. Remember its better to add too little than too much. I do water changes once every 2 weeks and I add it the week between water changes.

[Cellenzweig]

Remember its better to add too much than too little.

Are you serious?!? It's better to add none than too much! Iodine is an antiseptic- too much can wipe out your entire tank! Never dose anything you don't test for...

[cornstar]

Hard to answer. What concentration is the iodide you are adding? What size is your tank? Do you skim? How often do you change the water and how much? What corals do you have?

 

If i say i add 1ml a week, Without knowing these specs, that info is useless.

[dyceskynes]

Originally posted by Cellenzweig

Are you serious?!?  It's better to add none than too much!  Iodine is an antiseptic- too much can wipe out your entire tank!  Never dose anything you don't test for...

 

 

Oh no!! I mean the other way around.... that's what happens when you post in a hurry.

 

" Its better to add too little than too much"

[Kogut]

Do any of you that add it test for it? If you don't test for what you're adding, don't add it. Kthx. Don't ask how much they dose, ask what their levels are, then test, and adjust accordingly. Never follow what the manufacturers say. Just test and adapt.

[Cellenzweig]

" Its better to add too little than too much"

That's better! LOL!

[yoshiod9]

mike, just give it some good light and do 10% wc's a week and you should be golden man. it'll take off in a months time or so.

[rabbi2153]

1-2 drops every few days

[tangdude]

el diablo...do u have any xenia you could give me or trade for some frags of mine

[EL Diablo]

Xenia frag I started with

 

4 Months later

 

Tank has never been Dosed with Iodine

 

Tangdude I would gladly trade some of my Xenia but it's attatched to one big piece of LR. I never shipped a Coral and am not sure how to or how well the coral would do. If you were local It would be a snap. Might be easier to just pick one up at the LFS

 

I am planning to add some small pieces of base rock near the Xenia. maybe it will spread to some of the smaller rocks allowing me to move it.

 

My LFS sells and trades Customers frags. All the more reason to get some of it out of my tank.

[Raskal311]

I don’t dose and my elongata ( not sure on the spelling) xenia went from 1 large stock to 4 large stock in one month, I’d say they are about 4inch tall each. And my pompom went from 3 very small stocks about ½ inch each to 8 large 2-3inch stocks and 3-4 small stocks in about 2 months. I do 15% water change every week and don’t dose anything but CA. I find that xenia do well in low indirect current areas like next to the over flow box.

[willgr1]

i dose 1 mL about twice a week. my Xenia sp. doesn't grow like a weed, but it certainly has grown.