DrTim's Aquarium Podcast

Opening the Mailbox - Dr Tim and Hilary answer your aquarium questions

Setting-up and maintaining an aquarium can seem confusing.

Dr Tim and Hilary answer your aquarium related questions about cycling, storing products, how to correct apply our products to your aquarium and others.

How to plan and prepare your aquarium to survive an emergency

Heat waves, hurricanes, fires, ice storms, floods, tornados and more - OH MY!!  Dr Tim and Hilary discuss want you need to do to prepare your aquarium and its inhabitants to survive with these natural disasters hit resulting in power outages, extreme temperatures and more.

Learn how to plan and be ready to maximum the chance of your tank making it through any of these events.

DrTim's Mailbox - answering more of your questions

Dr Tim and Hilary go through the mailbox and answer questions on media, dosing One & Only, cycling tanks with fish, should you consider a UV sterilizer, how to position media blocks and more!  Plus wonder how to cycle with live rock and live sand - they answer that too!.

DrTim's Aquatics Filter Media Explained

Dr Tim and Hilary discuss our new line of filtration media.  Explaining what they do, how to use them and where to place them in your system.

Dr Tim and Hilary Live

NOTE - sound does not start until about 1 minute 3 seconds.

Dr Tim and Hilary open up the DrTIm's Aquatics Podcast channel to take your aquarium related questions about new tanks, old tanks, Eco-Balance and more.

How to set-up and maintain a quarantine tank

Dr Tim and Hilary discuss the importance of quarantine tanks and what is need to set them up and maintain them.

Quarantining your fish is vital to the long-term health of your aquarium.  Following these suggestions will take the work out of your quarantine tank.

 

DrTim's Mailbox - answering more of your questions

DrTim and Hilary answer questions that we have received via email and social media about cycling, Eco-Balance, how many products to add at the same time and dosing a quarantine tank to name a few.

Prepping Your Tank For Vacation

You're taking off for a week or two - congrats you've earned it!

Plus, you found someone to feed your fish and watch your aquarium.  How do you prep the system so you and your friend both don't lose it during your time-off?  This podcast gives you helpful hints and suggestions how on to get everything set-up ahead of time and have a worry-free vacation while your aquarium is looked after.

#1 hint - don't listen to this podcast for the first time the night before you are leaving!!!!

First Defense and EcoBalance - Proactive Insurance for Your Tank

This podcast explains the science behind our First Defense and EcoBalance and discusses how to use  individually and together.  First Defense is one of the few non-bacteria water conditioners DrTim's Aquatics has and contains vitamins, an immunostimulant and slime coat replacement.

 

Eco-Balance is our own probiotic bacteria that works to keep the number of bad bacteria in the aquarium low.

 

We discuss how to use them, when to use them and the benefits of using them.

DrTim's Aquatics Waste-Away Gels - What, Why and How.

Dr Tim and Hilary discuss our DrTim's Aquatics time release Waste-Away gels.  An innovative and unique product that releases good bacteria into your tank 24/7 helping to keep the tank clean and the water sparkling.  Learn why the gels were developed, when and how to use them and tips for troubleshooting in this podcast.