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I have 8 guppies, 11 Neon Tetras, 3 African Dwarf Frogs, and 1 Singapore Shrimp.

I was wondering is adding Iodine necessary for the shrimp? and what does it do for the shrimp?

If I do add Iodine, will it affect the Fishes and Frogs in any negative way?

Thanks in advance.

It helps them molt. Alot of people report that they have problems keeping shrimp alive. This will usually fix it. It doesn't affect fish. I don't know about frogs. Make sure you use reef iodine. Kent makes some as does Seachem. Add one drop per 5gal.

Kim

Thanks, I guess I'll add some when it molts. I had this shrimp for 3 weeks and it looks healthy. Moves around the 40 gallon tank all the time and sometimes it swims aronud.

Last edited by manix at 28-Sep-2004 12:05

It needs to be added to help them molt.


Kim

Shrimp only require trace amounts of iodine.

If you use plant fertilisers, that should be plenty.

Be very careful if you chose to dose straight iodine. It can adversely affect occupants.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

I would assume that the Kent Marine Iodine is not pure/straight iodine?

Last edited by sly at 29-Sep-2004 14:52

How would I know when the shrimp wants to molt? Does it show a different behavior than usual? I'll buy Iodine once i'm sure it will molt.

um, well, you wont notice for the most part. they hide and its over within an hour.

do you know the iodine content of your water anyway? perhaps you have enough as it is.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

I don't know the iodine content in my aquarium. So far it has been 4 weeks and the shrimp has been very active. So there might be enough iodine content in it already.

i have dozens of cherry shrimps in my tanks. i dose iodine but in a diffrent way. i use spinach to get the iodine in the water. spinach is high in iodine, plus the shrimp love to eat it and it will accelerate the growth of snails dramatcally. and the plecs will enjoy it.

stick a small amount in the microwave for about 30 - 45 seconds to make it soft then toss it in the tank. the left overs spanch will go bad over time so its best to just chop it up and fill a ice try up with a little bit of water and freeze and use a chip of it when you need it.

can also be blended and fed to growing brine shrimp which also accelerates there growth. you just have to have a good filter

Thats a fantastic idea AW0L! its also high in calcuim which is great for their shells

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett