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Hi...just saw this on a website somewhere.

"Keep your Shrimp Healthy! Dose with Iodine once a month!"

So...is this good or not?

Tks.

Iodine is good for inverts, however, dosing once a month is definitely not a good idea - iodine is not that stable and you'll lose all of it in a week or two. Dose once a week or even once a day. Also, iodine-rich food such as Hikari crab cuisine is even better - my Amanos would kill for it.

Yeh, we put some liquid iodine in each of the shrimp tanks every week and they get fed Hikari crab pellets a few times a week.

I have never put a single drop of iodine in any tank and my shrimp are doing great and producing hundreds (thousands) of offspring.

Again, there is no scientific proof that inverts can even absorb Iodine through their skin. It has to be in their food. Trust me on that.

Mustafa

Petshrimp.com wrote:...It has to be in their food. Trust me on that.

So do you make sure they're fed an iodine-rich food?

I don't specifically buy food that contains significant amounts of iodine. They seem to get their share of whatever trace elements they need from anything they consume including algae and fish food.

The Iodine supplement and special "invertabrate food" are just myths and make you spend money that you really don't have to spend.

Mustafa

Iodine rich foods that I have been feeding to my exploding population of Cherry Shrimp are spinch and mustard greens. Both are quickly microwaved to soften. I find within 10 min of feeding the foodstuffs are covered with shimp gouging themselves. I feed heavy too. In my own mind I think that shrimp pellets that I also feed my fish would be high in iodine as it's made from shrimp and shellfish are natrurally high in iodine.

I just gave my shrimp some spinach, and you're right Gnat, they devoured it. Even my little babies came out to feast.

Look out for calcium iodide as an ingredient in prepared fish/shrimp food, that will be able to provde your shrimps with iodine they need.

HI Blenny

Welcome to the forum, didn't see your earlier posts.

Cheers