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Re: Iodized salt
Neil writes:
> Iodine is not added to table salt because people need it but purely to make
> it flow better as normal cooking salt which has is not iodised tends to mix
> freely with water and as such would clog up the salt shaker etc. and goes
> hard with moisture from the air as salt is hydroscopic.
Now, I live NORTH of the equator, and with the spin of the earth here on the
top, I have seen iodized salt lock up just as fast if not faster than plain
salt. Iodide is added in the Northern Hemisphere to help reduce the risk of
a swollen something- Thyroid? Kathy O., you're back from Cleveland- is it
gout or goiter?
> Iodised salt in high
> concentrations is poisonous to fish and should not be used in an aquarium
> only natural or non idodised salt is suitable.
I used to think that too, until I got into a debate on the live foods list
about suitable salt for hatching BBS. Seems the iodide in levels you are
going to attain in normal, or even extreme, fresh water usage is totally
safe. This iodide toxicity thing is another hobbyist wive's tale. Of course
with everything down there spinning backwards, don't count on it.
Bob Dixon