Is household Iodine ok?

pmcg · 06/12/2009, 08:43 AM

Search is disabled so I thought I would just ask. Iodine at the pet store is super expensive. Can I just use the pharmacy stuff?

Thanks
Pat

tmz · 06/12/2009, 10:56 AM

There are different forms of iodine. For dosing organic types are more useful in my opinion. Antiseptic iodine can be quite toxic in excess. Here is an article by Randy Holmes Farely which shpuld be of interest:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2003/chem.htm

bertoni · 06/12/2009, 01:54 PM

I don't dose iodine at all, but we'd need to know more about which exact product you're considering to help much.

06/12/2009, 08:43 AM	#1
pmcg Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 101	Is household Iodine ok? Search is disabled so I thought I would just ask. Iodine at the pet store is super expensive. Can I just use the pharmacy stuff? Thanks Pat

06/12/2009, 10:56 AM	#2
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 19,778	There are different forms of iodine. For dosing organic types are more useful in my opinion. Antiseptic iodine can be quite toxic in excess. Here is an article by Randy Holmes Farely which shpuld be of interest: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2003/chem.htm __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.

06/12/2009, 01:54 PM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 68,477	I don't dose iodine at all, but we'd need to know more about which exact product you're considering to help much. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni