reef dip

radar1625 · 01/17/2011, 05:31 PM

Is it safe to add the water I mixed to dip corals back to the display tank. Being as it is iodine and I have heard of people dosing iodine, what do you guys think?

sland · 01/17/2011, 05:34 PM

I would personally say no as the concentration is pretty heavy from what I understand, but I could be wrong, maybe someone else can chime in and give you a more definitive answer. I know I always discard the water after the dip.

Hudzon · 01/17/2011, 06:16 PM

Not a good idea at all, for one it will have the parasites in it that you dipped it for and there is no real break down of how much of what you would be adding.

Anthonius · 01/17/2011, 09:02 PM

the most important rule about dosing is do not dose what you cannot test for... iodine is rough to test for due to the several kinds of iodine in natural sea water and in synthetic sea water... play the safe side and never dose iodine. regular water changes are enough to replenish iodine.

radar1625 · 01/17/2011, 09:39 PM

yeah, I dumped it

Agu · 01/17/2011, 09:41 PM

On a practical note dips are stressful on the corals that are dipped resulting in mucous and the natural chemicals corals use to protect themselves being released into the dip water. By pouring it back into your tank you'd be pouring a toxic soup back into your tank.

01/17/2011, 05:31 PM	#1
radar1625 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 162	reef dip Is it safe to add the water I mixed to dip corals back to the display tank. Being as it is iodine and I have heard of people dosing iodine, what do you guys think? __________________ Eric Current Tank Info: 75 gal., T5 lighting, octopus skimmer

01/17/2011, 09:39 PM	#5
radar1625 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 162	yeah, I dumped it __________________ Eric Current Tank Info: 75 gal., T5 lighting, octopus skimmer

01/17/2011, 09:41 PM	#6
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	On a practical note dips are stressful on the corals that are dipped resulting in mucous and the natural chemicals corals use to protect themselves being released into the dip water. By pouring it back into your tank you'd be pouring a toxic soup back into your tank. __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

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01/17/2011, 05:34 PM	#2
sland Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fort Riley, KS Posts: 186	I would personally say no as the concentration is pretty heavy from what I understand, but I could be wrong, maybe someone else can chime in and give you a more definitive answer. I know I always discard the water after the dip.

01/17/2011, 06:16 PM	#3
Hudzon Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 267	Not a good idea at all, for one it will have the parasites in it that you dipped it for and there is no real break down of how much of what you would be adding.

01/17/2011, 09:02 PM	#4
Anthonius Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: sioux city Posts: 401	the most important rule about dosing is do not dose what you cannot test for... iodine is rough to test for due to the several kinds of iodine in natural sea water and in synthetic sea water... play the safe side and never dose iodine. regular water changes are enough to replenish iodine.