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I'm using brightwells lugols dip that's in a dropper bottle. How much ml or drops do I need to mix for 1 gallon of water. Using it as a dip not as an additive?
Thank you good sir I really appreciate the help!! Happy holidaysI would expect that could be scaled down a bit to make it realistic for a dip.. 8 drops for a Quart should be plenty enough for a dip.
I dont see that! All I see is a crazy mathematical way to determine how much your tank needs! I don't see any info as a dip! It says 3 drops is 1ml! I would love to start dosing but I am not Einstein and love to dip my dying torch as well! I have never seen anything so difficult!All it says on it is that use 1ml per 30 gallons
Where didi you hear this? Ibought mine about 6 months ago but dosnt say the strength! Do you know if its safe to odose not knowing what your iodine level is? How much would you think for a 36 gallonplus 10 sump, plus live rock? I want the crazy long lashes on my zoas I saw and he said he dosed lugols!Or 6 drops per quart if you have the new 12ppm solution. Just thought I'd put their update out there
Mine says it under the instructions and guidelines part of the bottle. "Lugol's will increase the concentration of iodine in 1 us-gallon of water by 12ppm"Where didi you hear this? Ibought mine about 6 months ago but dosnt say the strength! Do you know if its safe to odose not knowing what your iodine level is? How much would you think for a 36 gallonplus 10 sump, plus live rock? I want the crazy long lashes on my zoas I saw and he said he dosed lugols!
I am also trying to save a dying torch? I don like removing a quart of water from my tank though! I usually only dip with 2 cups. What amount would you say is safe for a 2 cup dip? I hope you don t mind me asking!
as far as dosing the tank, I would say don't do it unless you are an expert-level reefer. especially with this stuff, too easy to OD, and no point.Mine says it under the instructions and guidelines part of the bottle. "Lugol's will increase the concentration of iodine in 1 us-gallon of water by 12ppm"
I purchased around 6 months ago as well so you probably have this solution. I had to do some digging on Lugol's poorly made website to find their dip solution.
If it's the 12ppm solution it's just 6 drops in 1 quart of water from your tank.
If it's the 18ppm solution then 4 drops in a quart. if you can't find which concentration you have, just split the difference and go with 5 drops to be safe. an extra drop isn't going to hurt
Resident reef chemist doesn't dose iodine, I wouldn't botherLet us know if you see any difference after dosing for a while.
I never saw a benefit from dosing iodine for years compared to after I stopped dosing any.
I think I just did the torch in! It looks real bad after the dip! A lot worse! I read somewhere 40 drops per gallon so I only used about a cup but put in 3 drops so must have been to strong! I think it was dying is because it was delivered bent in half! It never fully opened but I was sticking the post straight down into the rock so the wavemaker seemd like it might have made the tentacles recede and die. My torches next to it flow gently back and forth.as far as dosing the tank, I would say don't do it unless you are an expert-level reefer. especially with this stuff, too easy to OD, and no point.