DrTim's Aquarium Podcast

August Q and A

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

4:28 - 1 Which 2 products from DTA are used for controlling dinoflagellates?

10:01 - 2  Does First Defense detoxify and remove the ammonia from tap water?

15:02 - 3 Why does One and Only have an expiration date and the other products don’t?

18:16 - 4 Cycling a 55 gallon tank.

23:17 - 5 Is it safe to use gravel in a saltwater tank?

25:17 - 6 Day 5 into a fishless cycle and my nitrates are high! Is my tank cycling?

27:07 - 7 Do I need to turn my skimmer off when using Waste-Away Gels? If so, how long?

28:02 - 8 First Defense and Ecobalance in ATO reservoir, that's pumped through a kalk stirrer.

32:15 - 9 Hair algae in a 3 year old tank. Can I use Reef Flux and Waste Away together to fight it?

35:46 - 10 Cloudy water after feeding a boiled egg to a goldfish.

 

Ponds

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:02 Baby koi

3:12 Formal Ponds

3:34 Natural Ponds

4:48 Choosing your level of pond maintenance

8:43 UV's on Ponds

33:46 Duckweed

35:30 Releasing plants and fish

JuneQ&A

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

5:00 Lake Altaussee / Walter Munk Foundation update

7:30 - 1. 120L freshwater cycling question.

11:27 - 2. Does your ammonium chloride go bad?

12:06 - 3. Is my One and Only still good? And is this a single dose regime or do I apply that same dose for the first 7 days?   Australian contact info: info@addicted2fish.com.au

13:18 - 4. Do I need to remove the pad with carbon during the cycling process?

15:00 - 5. Probiotics vs prebiotics

21:31 - 6. 5th week of saltwater aquarium and nitrite is approx 4. Can I use Echo Balance during this cycle?

23:52 - 7. Day 26 of a fishless cycle but the Nitrites spiked above 200. Not sure what I did wrong?

26:54 - 8. Which bacterial treatment I should use to help balance my tank after dealing with Dinos?

27:53 - 9. Can I plumb the reactor of NP-Active Pearls to the discharge side of my uv sterilizer?

29:22 - 10. Do you have a fish in tank cycling and necessary water readings for a 3gal, single betta?

33:06 - 11. Do Waste-Away Gel's work in brackish Aquarius as well? If so do I need freshwater or saltwater?

33:27 - 12. Does the nitrifying bacteria work with prime?

38:32 - 13. Which Proten LED do I need?

May Question and Answer

May question and answer episode. If you have a question you'd like answered, please send and email to info@drtimsaquatics.com 

Timestamps
0:00 Start
1:25 -1 Fishless cycle on a new tank using media from an existing system. Will I see nitrite or just ammonia drop? Does the seasoned media instantly pull the ammonia out?
4:52 -2 Can I dose Eco-Balance and Waste Away in my ATO water supply?
11:35 -3 Are your products 3rd party tested?
13:12 -4 Foxface eating bits of Waste-Away Gels.. help
14:59 -5  Any suggestions on how I can improve the color of my SPS? 
16:39 -6 Issues with a newly added 150g frag tank and when to use Waste-Away Gels 
20:44 -7 Can I dose Eco-Balance during the treatment for Dinos or if I should dose it after?  
22:42 -8  Ammonium chloride now showing up in test kits.
24:56 -9  No change after adding Ammonium Chloride solution to 2.0 mg. 
26:50 -10 Issues with cycling a 100 gallon tank
29:34 -11 What if you use prime or something like that to detoxify the ammonia first before drip acclimating? And how should shrimp be acclimated?
31:50 -12 Reptile Systems- Where can I purchase replacement bulbs?
33:28 -13 Does Eco-Balance contain Iron? 
33:55 -14 2 weeks into cycling, ammonia at 0, nitrites are 1+ and nitrates are 5. Should I do a water change?

Denitrification

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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
2:17 Where does nitrate come from?
3:10 How do I reduce nitrate?
7:51 Denitrification pathway
8:17 Heterotrophic denitrification
11:15 Bacterial processes
11:35 Potential problems
13:24 Denitrification process
14:04 Organic substances
14:23 Heterotrophic pros and cons
15:47 Chemotrophic denitrification using sulfur
17:41 Potential problems
19:44 Chemotrophic pros and cons
22:15 Space needed and where to setup a filter
25:26 How often should I test my filter
28:49 The Key to making denitrification work
33:00 What aquariums need these

Special Freshwater Researchp

Links:

Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans (WMFO):

https://waltermunkfoundation.org/

 

Join us in supporting this research! :

https://experiment.com/projects/establish-baseline-climate-science-to-support-sensitive-alpine-lake-ecological-management

WMFO Instagram:

@waltermunkfoundation

 

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:59 Greg Sinnett Ph.D.

2:06 Walter Munk's Contributions to science

5:44 What does Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans have to do with DrTim's Aquatics?

6:25 The Canary in the Coal mine

8:43 Lake Altaussee

9:40 Fish in the Lake

10:59 Bathymetric study

14:12 2023 Research at Lake Altaussee

19:17 Lake turnover

27:37 Long term research efforts

33:00 Subterranean water input

 

April Q & A

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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
1:03- 1- Why is there no drop in ammonia and no nitrites?
4:18- 2- Newly Cycled tank with dinos and cynos. Would you recommend just a few doses of refresh or refresh and one and only or something else to recolonize the biome of the tank? 
7:04- 3- Is it normal for the nitrates to come down without doing a water change?
10:49- 4- Help! I messed up! I accidentally added freshwater one and only to my reef tank. 
13:57- 5- What is the best way to get rid of this slime in my sump?
16:23- 6- When doing a weekly water change and adding first defense, do I dose for the entire tank volume or just the amount of new water added?
17:00- 7- Thoughts on mulm
20:32- 8- Can you do a podcast on sulfur nitrate reactors?
20:56- 9-  I have 0.5 ammonia in my fish tank. Can I add One and Only to my fish tank with fish on it?
21:24- 10- Will nitrifying bacteria take a hit at hypo levels of 1.009-1.010?
23:15- 11- I have dino. Will Waste-Away gels help without affecting my nitrates and phosphates?
25:52- 12- Using Metronidazole to treat dinos.
28:32- 13- Do I need to add bacteria after medicating sick fish?
29:39- 14- Do you ship to Canada?
30:57- 15- What if you use prime or something like that to detoxify the ammonia first before drip acclimating? And how should shrimp be acclimated?

March Q & A

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
1:27 - 1. Can I use One and Only along with Eco-Balance in my new tank?
3:40 - 2.  Is it normal for a skimmer to go crazy after adding Waste-Away Gel?
5:05 - 3. Question about 19 days into a fishless cycle on a 120 gallon. 
7:48 - 4. How long can the salt be stored for before it loses its values? 
12:28 - 5. Can I use filter floss in place of a skimmer during the Re-fresh / Waste-Away treatment?
16:44 - 6. Fishless cycling should I add more ammonia? 
18:28 - 7. Struggling with high phosphates. We've added GFO, but it always climbs back up. Do you have a bacteria that will help keep it down and stable? 
24:56 - 8. How to dose Re-Fresh and Waste-Away to treat Cyano in a 100 gallon mixed reef?
29:43 -9. How do I Dose Beneficial Bacteria to control the algae?
37:43 -10. Is there bacteria in the salt?
39:37 -11. What should I expect from dosing Eco-Balance in the next 6-12 months from now?
46:51 -12. Do your products allow me to use my water from the house without filtering?

Waste Away Gels

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
5:55 Start
11:11 Dinos
13:55 How to raise nitrates and phosphates
19:11 Bacteria in the water column
20:26 Water from old tank into new tank 
22:07 Growing Waste-Away
25:05 Types and Sizes of Waste-Away
26:53 Where to place gels
27:28 When to replace gels
28:02 Goo/slime on Gel
29:15 Are they reusable?
32:38 Best placement
37:34 Waste-Away gels with skimmers UVs
37:52 Overdosing Waste-Away Gel
38:17 Fresh vs saltwater Waste-Away Gel
39:03 Turtle, Shrimp, Planted tank Waste-Away Gel
43:46 Waste-Away to treat Cyanos and dinos

Reef Evolution Salt

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:59 What is sea salt?

7:26 Synthetic sea salt

12:14 Reef Evolution Sea Salt

17:26 Time to mix

21:45 IO/RC and how they compare to Reef Evolution

22:08 What's in Reef Evolution

26:45 Shipping and Packaging

32:42 Storage

34:46 Quality Analysis