Strontium & Iodide

[ninjamini]

What do ya think about dosing Strontium & Iodide? They come as part of a reef pack from many manufactures. They also come with calcium. Calcium you can test for Strontium & Iodide you cant.
Doese this get replaced with weekly h2o changes? I use natura sea h2o. One of the advantages of being near the sea.

 

[ctgretzky9]

you can test for iodine/iodide. They sell test kits for it.
Strontium im not sure about

 

[_kip_]

the average tank doesnt need any supplement for either
both are harmful if overdosed and testing is sketchy at best
just let your water changes provide these elements for ya

 

[dogstar]

If your useing fresh natural sea water then you dont need to worry about adding anything unless you have a lot of stony corals but it never hurts to test.

 

[ninjamini]

_Kip_
If it aint broke...

 

[jam marine]

Hi agree with dogstar,if u are using natural sea water,like i do,u dont have to add stron or iodine,the only thing u should really keep check on is probably,alk,calcium,which i dose with bionic 2 part

 

[reefnut]

Natural or synthetic, water changes should be enough to keep up.
Both test kits (Salifert) are tricky to do and get an accurate reading. I am all for testing but with these two tests, caution still needs to be taken.