I think I added too much iodine

[NYC Joe]

Was doing my daily maintenance routine and add 2 drops after my water change.
The dropper broke and a whole lot more than 2 drops came out. I'd say 10-14 drops.

How bad is this?
Should I do a huggggee water change?

Help!

 

[NYC Joe]

It's a 60 gal tank 20 gal sump.
80 gals overall.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

What is the tank testing at now?

 

[Widdy]

Iodine is relatively short lived in our tanks... 10-15 drops isn't terrible compared to some of the stories on the forums. I would do a waterchange anyways, and/or run a Polyfilter Pad to absorb some of it.

 

[Josh]

Polyfilters, but I wouldn't go crazy with water changes or you'll probably do more harm than good.

 

[NYC Joe]

Test kit seems old. Shows absolutely nothing. May need a new one.

Think I may do a 10 gal water change.

 

[NYC Joe]

Ok. Did a ten gal water change. And put in a poly filter.

Lets hope all is well.

 

[arnaldolex]

I wonder what's the recomended iodine dose per gallon and how many days before u dose again I got a 125. 30 gallon sump I dose around 10 drops once a week

 

[Hefe-Weizen]

Personally I would have done nothing. Not an OD at all.

 

[KathyC]

It's a 60 gal tank 20 gal sump.
80 gals overall.

Something to keep in mind when figuring out what to dose - your total water volume is not 80G.
If this is a reef tank you likey only have about 35 -40 G in the DT (depending on how much rock is in there) and I also would think your sump is not full to the brim, so likely about 10G of water in there.
You total water volume would be 45-50G and dosing should be based upon that figure.

..just a heads up