[AquaticLife] Iodine and shrimp?
Dora,
Again, you need to do more thorough research. Iodine found in table salt is not a fish killer. What gave rise to this idea was the anti-caking compound that was used in table salt many years ago to keep the salt free flowing was the most likely cause. I don’t have the reference handy, and do not recall what the anti-caking agent at the time was. However, today, there is no such fear, and one can use table salt in a pinch (so to speak, no pun was intended) to treat your tank when the use of salt is indicated.
When I have it, I use a marine salt mix in my tanks. This contains iodine as one of the ingredients. Table salt, however, contains about 10 times as much iodine as does marine salt, but it still is a very small amount and does not pose a danger to your fish.
\Steve//
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