[AquaticLife] Iodine and shrimp?
The article that I posted from TheSkepticalAquarist outlines where the “myth” came from… more from the anti-caking agents in some salts… which would be listed in the ingredients but most common table salts and Iodized Salt do not contain anti-caking agents. Check the ingredients.. if it has “Salt” or “Iodized Salt”, then you are OK. The iodine contained in Iodized salt at the levels we apply to our fish tanks is so miniscule that it just doesn’t matter…. compared to all of the other stuff that is going on in our fish tanks with thousands of different bacteria, virii, etc. Think about it… would you eat the gunk on your filter pads? No… but our fish swim around in the water that passes through that gunk several times an hour, 24 hours a day. Further, would you drink your dechlor product? No.. but we add it to our fish tanks because it’s better than adding chlorinated water.. it’s the lesser of two evils. Quit sweating the little microscopic things and FISHLESS CYCLE YOUR TANK NEXT TIME.. LOL Then you wouldn’t be having health issues requiring salt, anti-biotics, constant PWC’s, etc.
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