DrTim's Aquarium Podcast

Sept Q & A

Dr Tim answers your questions! 

Timestamps:
0:00 start
5:49 - Do I add the Beneficial Bacteria only on the First day... or throughout the entire cycling process?
10:38 -The bottle of bacteria delivered by Amazon was extremely hot. Do you think the bacteria was dead? What should I do?
19:16 - Cycling my new tank Redsea XL525 with One and Only but I’m not going to be able to add fish until day 25. Do I continue to dose ammonia?
21:31 - When using one and only do I still need to use a water conditioner?
25:30 - Issues cycling a 20g freshwater tank w/ 2 guppies
31:35 - Issues cycling advice on a 54 g tank on a fishless cycle 12 days ago. 
36:02 - Issues cycling a 55g planted tank and ammonia readings that won't go down. 
42:57 - Fish in cycle while using Ich-X 
46:27 - I use the Waste-Away gel and want to know if I have to remove it for 24 hrs before dosing Re-Fresh?

If you have any questions, please comment or send us a message- info@drtimsaquatics.com 

New ASF Products

Have you heard about the new ASF products? This podcast will give you an overview of what you can expect to see this fall and next spring. 

Timestamp: 
00:00 Intro
0:28 ASF
2:26 New Pumps
9:37 Pump thermal protection
10:27 Wavemakers
15:30 NJMx Pumps
17:22 Salt
23.:25 Reef Shots
30:11 Liquid Additives
30:33 Powder Additives
31:41 Proten LED's
40:31 ASF Test Kits

August Q&A

Dr. Tim answers your questions!

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

1:15- 1"Is it better to add Waste Away to a reef setup once a week,or better to split and dose half twice a week? How long do I need to turn off the skimmer? 

5:39-2 How to use Waste-Away and Re-Fresh on my 24 gallon tank.

7:32- 3 "I will be completing the cycle soon, but won't be able to get fish for another 2 weeks, do I continue to dose 2ppm ammonia and how often?"

8:49- 4 "Is it normal for the pH be low during fishless cycling?"

12:01- 5 54g tank on a fishless cycle with high nitrites and nitrates.

16:17-6 ReFresh and sea cucumbers.

17:31-7 "Do I need to remove the floss when cycling?"

18:01-8 "I treated my "milky" tank 24 hours ago with Clear Up, but there has been no change. Can you advise?"

21:43- 9 Fishless cycle and when to use a water conditioner. 

23:12-10 "I just received a fishless cycle kit and it was really warm when I got it. Is it still ok?"

27:14- 11 I’m going to use your products to fight Dino, but I’m confused about the waste away and refresh product, there is two versions of them which you recommend?

30:33- 12  I’m on day 5 of a fishless cycle and was wondering if it would interrupt cycle if I added a small amount of dry rock to the tank at this point?

31:13- 13 A 3 week old, 210g tank, with cichlids and nitrites is about 1.0. Is your product still at work getting those nitrites converted into nitrates?

32:52- 14 "Am I able to use the one and only bacteria and nutri seawater?"

34:04- 15  Spike in numbers on Day 10 after adding live sand. Should I do a water change?

36:09- 16 Fishless cycle, with Dr.Tim's ammonia and nitrifying bacteria. After a few days my ammonia is 0 and I am not seeing any nitrates or nitrites. Am I supposed to dose with more ammonia or for nitrites to show up? I have a planted tank with gravel at the bottom. Very hard water, relatively alkaline. I've kept the temperature over 80."

Cyanos and Dinos

Dr. Tim talks about some of the basics of Cyanos and Dinos

Time Stamps:

1:52-Cyanobacteria; what are they?

3:13- Dinos; what are they?

5:34- How cyanos work

6:28- How to control nitrate

10:58- What to do if you have cyano

14:08- What consumes nitrate

15:27- Cyano Treatments

19:09- Cyano overload and issues it might cause

22:47- Dino growth

25:56- Dino treatment

31:37- How to balance your tank

33:00- Lighting

 

Thank you so much for listening to our podcast! If you have something you'd like to hear about or a question you'd like to ask, send us a message at info@drtimsaquatics.com

July Q & A part 2

The second half of our July Question and Answer podcast

Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:34 -1- Well water and AquaCleanse
05:36 -2- No change in Bio pellet consumption on a 280 gallon system. 
09:54 -3- ReFresh and canister filters
11:02 -4- Green film on the glass. 
16:34 -5- Safe to use ReFresh and WasteAway with Pistol and Cleaner Shrimp
19:25 -6- Cloudy water after using WasteAway and Refresh treatment
27:54 -7- Cycling with dry seeded purple rock and One and Only
31:53 -8- Aqueon Water Conditioner being used with ammonia and One and Only.
33:40 -9- Cycling using raw shrimp
36:40 -10- Take cycling issues when mixing product lines. 
43:01 -11- ReFresh was brown colored when it arrived.

Thank you so much for listening! If you have any questions, comment below, reach out via info@drtimsaquatics.com 

July Q&A Part 1

We had so many questions that this will be part 1 of 2 Question and Answer Podcasts this month! Thank you for all your questions.

 

Time Stamps:

0:45 - Important announcement

1:45 -#1- Do you recommend removing filter socks and/or carbon when dosing First Defense?

3:34 -#2- Can I use nopox and waste away at the same time? Do I need to remove my carbon?

5:54 -#3- What do you do when you have a bacterial bloom?

6:39 -#4- Amazon order of Koi EcoBalance from the USA to Singapore.

7:26 -#5- Ingredients in First Defense. Is it okay for Axolotls?

8:22 -#6- How should I use Waste Away, ReFresh, and EcoBalance together in my reef tank?

14:46 -#7- Are you guys thinking about publishing a book?

16:50 -#8-  Step-by-step video on exactly what you would do if you were doing a fish in cycle.

21:51 -#9- Cycling a new 20g tank.... My levels are .25ammonia...Is it necessary to add more ammonia?

25:42 -#10- Would you recommend ever using a siphon gravel/sand cleaner....?

30:33 -#11- Is it normal for the pH to be low during fishless cycling?....

39:50 -#12- I didn’t read the directions and gave the full dosage of waste away...?

 

If you have a question, send us a message at info@drtimsaquatics.com or reach out to us on social media-@drtimsaquatics .

DrTim’s Aquatics Media

At the last trade shows we've gotten several questions about our medias, what they do, and when you should use them. This episode is a casual conversation about the DrTim's Aquatics medias.

 

Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro

1:30 What is media?

4:35 Pores and surface area of media.

5:37 Filtration setup and order

7:13 Carbon

21:14 Phosphate

24:31 Phosphate Eliminator and Phosphate Eliminator Plus

28:20 Media bags

39:47 Zeolite

45:45 Review

 

As always if you have any questions of if you would like more information on something, please send us a message through our social media channels or via our website.

June Q & A Episode

Join us for our June question and answer episode. 

Timestamp
00:00 Start
3:42 - Maxima clam and brown algae treatment
5:58 - Aquarium cloudiness caused by rinsing bio-media
10:44 - How to remove substrate from a tank
16:20 - Is it better for the bacteria to cycle a tank using treated tap water or rodi?
19:20 - How long I should focus on nitrifiers before I seed the tank with coraline for my rocks?
20:56 - What point during a tank’s life should I  worry about adding the organic consuming bacteria?
22:15 -  How to get my pH up from the beginning, to help the bacteria?
27:30 - How long is Eco-Balance good for, how can I tell if it is expired?
30:37 - Nitrite, phosphate levels off balance
37:06 - What is the optimum reef tank pH range for Waste-Away and Eco-Balance?
41:23 Tank cycling, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates 

If you have a question for Dr Tim, leave a comment or send us a message at info@drtimsaquatics.com

May Podcast- Bene-FISH-al Fish Food and Nutrition

In this episode Dr Tim talks about the basics of fish nutrition as well as the benefits of using Bene-FISH-al Fish food.

 

Timestamps:

2:00- Fish and Feeding

5:10 Fish and Wheat

11:00 Dr Jessie Sanders

11:30 HUFA's and PUFA's

13:57 What to look for when buying food

15:00 Herbivores, Omnivores, Carnivores

15:59 Goldfish and Oscars

18:06 Protein requirements

20:24 DrTim's Aquatics Bene-FISH-al Fish food

26:11 Bene-FISH-al benefits

May Q & A

Dr Tim answers your questions! 

Time stamps:

2:02 my cycle is stalled with Ammonia reading of 2ppm going on for 2 weeks.

6:20 Things to think of when moving.

11:57 Would you recommend leaving out all mechanical filtration while cycling with this bacteria? That way the only thing they can get stuck to is the substrate, rock, and biological filter media?

14:01 Just came out of my 3 day blackout. I’m dosing waste away now. The Dino’s are gone for now. But my alk is sky high and my corals are stressed. I don’t want to do a water change because it will spark the Dinos again. What should I do here?

18:45 I set my tank yesterday and followed everything you say but my ammonia reads between 0.50 and 1.0 is this okay or should I start over?

22:05 I’ve been using NP active pearl & waste away liquid form for half a year But now I am interested in Waste away gel. Do I need to remove NP Active pearl while introducing waste away?

25:20 I noticed that the protein skimmer has been overflowing with clear water in the collection cup right after I introduced waste away. As I don’t see cloudy water - how long should I remain turning off the protein skimmer?

29:00 I am on day 16 and nitrates are still high, and climbing, I'm getting ready to do a partial water change.  Is it possible my bottle was dead? On your website that shows a chart where it shows constantly adding ammonium, but in the video Dr. Tim said never to add unless both Ammonium and Nitrite are low.  Should I still be adding ammonium or not?

34:00 New BiOrb and One and Only... should I remove or turn off this air pump or remove the sponge? I just don't want all the helpful bacteria to end up in the cartridge that's going to be replaced at some point. 

35:45 First Defense, Eco-Balance and Waste Away gels - can these products be used in the same tank? Once my aquarium is established, it seems the process should be - water change (using AquaCleanse), Then add First Defense, wait 7 days and add  Eco-Balance, just replace the gels when needed, is this correct?

39:40 Would it be advisable to use Dr.Tim's One and Only on an established system to help fight off diatoms? 

42:02 Which of the Eco Balance products-freshwater or saltwater- would be best suited for a brackish water system?

44:00 ASF lights- how much do they run, and would they be anemone grade?

48:59 I’ve used secondhand Marco rock. It’s leaching out some phosphate into the water. My Hanna checker is reading 0.248ppm. I would normally just use PhosphateRX to knock these back down to 0.03ppm. But I don’t have any filters on the system yet and I don’t know is PhosphateRX will affect the one&only?