Salifert Iodine – Profi Test Kit

Salifert is a well reputed brand in the salt water/ marine aquarium industry.  The products are manufactured in  Holland. It was rated as the top performing test kit in terms or accuracy, ease of use, reliability and price among most of its test kits on the 2019 Bulk Reef Supply Best Test Kit comparison program. In Sri Lanka, A R exotics is the only distributor of genuine Salifert branded products for marine aquarium and other uses.

Easily test the Iodine level in your tank. Used by advanced reefers for decades, Salifert Test Kits feature some of the easiest to read results available to each testing method.

Iodine Test

Iodine is present in NSW (Natural seawater) in a very low concentration (0.06 mg/L or 0.06 ppm).Iodine occurs as different species. Some of them are iodide, iodate and hypoiodite.

Generally when we say iodine then we mean one or more iodine species without a clear distinction being made. NSW contains predominantly iodate and to a slight extent iodide. There is however a misconception among many hobbyists that iodide predominates in NSW. This is however false.

Test kits which are not capable in detecting iodate might not really be suitable for aquarium use. Since in an aquarium iodide can be transferred to iodate. This means that if a test kit is used not capable in detecting iodate, a false low total iodine concentration (sum of iodate and iodide) will be obtained and the iodate concentration can climb far too high and possibly upsetting the aquarium environment.

The Salifert Iodine Profi Test measures all naturally occurring iodine species such as iodate, iodide, molecular iodine and hypoiodite. No other test kit offers this possibility.

Salifert’s Natural-Iodine additive is highly concentrated and contains a large portion iodate and also some iodide.

Salifert stands alone in offering such an advanced and well thought formulation.

Approx. a total of 40 tests per kit. Measures iodide and iodate (together with hypoiodite and molecular iodine) in separate steps.