[AquaticLife] Iodine and shrimp?
Iodine in common table salt DOES NOT kill tropical or cool water fish and generally, it’s not needed for FW shrimp.. at least my Cherry Shrimp are thriving and multiplying like crazy without adding iodine to their tank… except for what ever trace amounts might be in my drinking water.
That’s another piece of garbage info that floats around on the net and probably in some books.
There’s a big difference between saying something “might not be best” and “it will kill them”. Using salt in general is not the best thing for FW fish but it’s better than letting them succumb to Ich or some other disease/parasite.
Now, certainly, it’s cheaper to buy plain salt but if your fish come down with Ich or some other salt treatable disease, then Table Salt with Iodine would be better to use than nothing at all.
Below is a snip from… http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/salt.shtml
In conclusion, the following snip says… If you add iodized salt at the rate of one teaspoon per gallon, you are adding iodide in the range of 0.083 - 0.166ppm. After laying out the calculations, aquariaddictus remarked, “All in all, I have to believe it’s a drop in the bucket. Does anyone use a tablespoon/gallon except in times of severe disease?”
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