Myth it may be, but I practice iodine addition as well. If you try rearing Amano fry without it I think you will have problems (lots of molts there), or just maintaining some of the showier Macrobrachium shrimp (which used to be a problem for me). You either use iodine-rich or iodine-supplemented foods, or I can neither rear nor maintain through serial molts. My tap water BTW is GH ~9, KH 7.
Ghost shrimp turning white???
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i've had populations last several months...it's hard to gauge, because they are always preyed upon by something. there are a couple "king ghost shrimps" as i call them that are much much larger than the others that have persisted for at least 3 or 4 months in my turtle's tank.
and the white one i was referring to in the post above is still alive. he's been white for at least 3 weeks, so it doesn't necessarily mean that death is imminent.
and the white one i was referring to in the post above is still alive. he's been white for at least 3 weeks, so it doesn't necessarily mean that death is imminent.
OG - that may depend on the tank, inverts present and their extraction rates, partials, etc. Probably too variable to generalize for SW, by for me a big help in FW.
Okay, so here's a question. If I were to add iodine, how would I measure the amount I give? Are we talking one or two drops every water change?
This would be for a 29g and an 8g.
This would be for a 29g and an 8g.
You wouldn't use medicine cabinet iodine- I use a marine aquarium iodine supplement from the LFS, and on the 8 gallon I'd say a couple of drops- the 29 a small tad more.
RTR will know exactly.
RTR will know exactly.
