DrTim's Aquarium Podcast

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:40 - 1 - I accidentally added too much Waste Away Gel to my tank. What steps do I need to take next? 04:10 - 2 - I have a Seachem Tidal 55 filter. This filter has a built in skimmer. Should I tape off the filter or leave as is? 05:08 - 3 - If the Prime is converting ammonia to ammonium, isn't ammonium less than ideal for beneficial bacteria to utilize? 10:16 - 4 - Will your tank still go through the ugly brown stage when using nitrifying bacteria in a saltwater fish only tank? 11:31 - 5 - I am not quite ready to add fish since they are not out of quarantine, should I continue to dose ammonia to feed bacteria until I can add fish? If so how much? 15:34 - 6 - How long can bacteria go without food? 18:36 - 7 - Is it ok to put plants in a tank before fishless cycling? 19:43 - 8 - Somewhere on your site I read that after subtracting 20% for substrate and decorations, the dosage for a 30 gallon tank would be 1 teaspoon. Is this correct ? 22:01 - 9 - Do I add all the products you recommend to the aquarium or the sump or both? 23:33 - 10 - I just restarted my tank, new CaribSea Reef Rock, Arag Alive new sand, but same ole fish and one hermit crab that survived the move. Do I need to add One and Only? 25:09 - 11 - I added 2 caps of One and Only to my 10 Gallon on the day it got wet (last Wednesday) then on Monday, I added the rest of the entire bottle. Is it safe to add my fish now? 28:47 - 12 - Cycling a bare bottom TMC 60 32:42 - 13 - I used freshwater bacteria in my saltwater tank. Should I do a 100% water change and used saltwater version? 35:43 - 14 - The instructions say to wait 30 minutes after adding First Defence before adding One and Only. My question is, can I wait longer, say, 24 hours or so?

Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:53 Introduction 1:41 Define Biome 5:45 Microbiome of good vs bad 13:37 Invasive species 18:55 Is more diverse better 20:01 What does a microbiome analysis allow us to see

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 05:31 - 1 - 40 gallon tank,I seeded with live sand and live rock that came from another tank 13:16 - 2 - Day 8 ammonia is almost gone. My nitrite is now reading 5ppm+ and my nitrates are hovering at around 80ppm. Is this a normal stage of the process and I need to be patient or should I do a water change? 14:34 - 3 -How does Waste Away work to remove the nutrients in Freshwater? 20:16 - 4 -My tank has some sludge looking stuff on the surface- dinos maybe, it scrubs right off and is kinda flaky if that makes sense, it's not attached at all. The tank is an all in one with no skimmer. Would you recommend just refresh or waste way? 23:22 - 5 -Is it possible to just convert over to saltwater by adding the saltwater bacteria? 24:41 - 6 - The Red Sea test kit for my reef tank cycling. The test kit provides ammonia results in NH3/NH4 format. However, the quick guide I'm following on your website indicates a NH3-n/NO2-N measurement? Is there some type of conversion I need to do?? 25:57 - 7 -Can I use First Defense in a QT tank that is dosed with copper? 29:36 - 8 - We have also done 3 cycles of the recipe for success of Re-Fresh and Waste-away. The algae gets a little better but then bounces right back. We have struggled with Algae for years!

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 05:31 - 1 - How do you lower nitrates quickly besides doing a water change? 13:16 - 2 - When I added One and Only, there was no "cloudiness". Is this ok/normal? 14:34 - 3 - My numbers stalled out on day 9 of my fishless cycle. Is this normal? 20:16 - 4 - How much One & Only do I use for these water changes? 23:22 - 5 - Accidentally added ammonia to 8ppm. Have I stalled my cycle or killed the bacteria? 24:41 - 6 - Which of your products, if any, benefit from being refrigerated for longer storage life? 25:57 - 7 - What is the approximate length of time before I’d need to add ammonium chloride to maintain the bacteria that developed during the cycling? If there is an extended delay before we can get the fish we are seeking, I don't want the aquarium to have been fallow for long enough that we lose the nitrifying bacteria. 29:36 - 8 - Do I need to turn the skimmer on for any period of time, during the treatment for dinos? If so, how long should I run it? 31:35 - 9 - I recently used ReFresh to treat cyano and my water turned green. 35:44 - 10 - When and would you treat with waste away and then use the gel pack as maintenance? Would you use the aqua cleanse initially?

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:33 History of ASF 6:23 Clownfish 6:55 Turning a passion into business 7:33 Our reason why 9:55 Product Testing 19:32 ASF and Reptile Systems warranties 21:35 Italian made pumps 25:19 Reef Shots 29:25 Where to find Reptile Systems and ASF products 33:43 New Reptile Systems products for the US market in 2024 ReptileSystems.com AquariumSystems.com DrTimsAquatics.com US Socials: @reptile_systems_us @asf_usa @drtimsaquatics European Socials @reptile_systems @asf_aquariumsystems

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 10:43 - 1 - Is it ok to use Dr Tim’s First Defense when treating salt water fish with copper? 11:27 - 2 - Can I use eco balance and waste away at the same time to treat sludge? 16:41 - 3 - Is it ok to use ozone with your products? 20:21 - 4 - Are the menhaden, salmon, river shrimp and Gammarus in your Benefishal fish food farm-raised or wild caught? 21:02 - 5 - What is your reasoning behind not keeping Red Tails? 26:41 - 6 - How do I clear algae from my tank without using so many chemicals? 34:18 - 7 - What species of fish successfully use the mop heads to lay eggs? 36:18 - 8 - Can I use the waste away gel in my planted tank if I’m running CO2? 37:00 - 9 - Fish facts 39:16 - 10 Is there a probability for the sturgeon to get an infection on the wound from caviar removal?

Do you have a story to share about your pond or aquarium and extreme weather? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:53 Intro 1:12 Things you should know about bacteria in aquariums 09:38 What products need the winter shipping kit 10:58 My product arrived and it’s slushy. Is it still good? 11:20 What to do with a frozen or slushy product 17:16 My tank is cycled, but my livestock hasn’t arrived 22:09 Waste Away Gels and the cold 25:45 Aquarium equipment and the cold 31:13 Koi ponds and the cold 32:31 Winter preparedness

Do you have a question? Send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 1:14 - 1 - During the cycling process, do I run my return pump and keep it running? 02:42 - 2 - What size Waste-Away gel should I use in my Fluval 13.5? 05:51 - 3 - Day 25 of a fishless cycle. Am I cycled and do I need to do a 90% water change? 08:23 - 4 - Do I turn off my return pump when I add one and only? When do I turn it back on? 09:20 - 5 - Day 8 of cycling with no changes, what’s wrong? 12:54 - 6 - How much Waste-Away should I use and how often in my mixed reef? 17:24 - 7 - Can I use One and Only to soak the rocks and establish nitrifying bacteria culture after a crash? 18:44 - 8 - Tank is 6 mos old. 0 nitrate and phosphate, rapid increase in cyano and algae lately. Can I use EcoBalance and Waste-Away instead of Re-Fresh? 23:55 - 9 - Can I use one and only freshwater for a saltwater tank?

Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:35 Introduction 01:27 Basic Coral Morphology 02:11 Different Feeding Strategies 04:15 Autotrophy 06:30 Photosynthesis 15:25 Heterotrophy 17:27 Direct uptake of seawater 24:10 Corals and amino acids 24:36 Coral nitrogen budget 29:11 Feeding Brine Shrimp 31:50 Bacteria, its what corals want 35:26 External feeding

Prescription Card for fishless cycling: https://www.drtimsaquatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FishlessCycling_prescription_recipe_Nov23.pdf Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:49 - 1 - Is it possible that the bacterial strains that are in One & Only have a higher affinity for certain kinds of substrates? Do you have a recommendation as to which media is best? 09:18 - 2 - Help cycling a 112 gallon aquarium? Should I add more ammonia? 13:31 - 3 - Isn’t a filter sock mechanical filtration?? 18:51 - 4 -You talk about heterotrophic and autotrophic bacteria. Can you talk about the different groups of bacteria, what they do, and which kinds are in each of your products? 25:35 - 5 -Can we do a fishless cycling method in a jar with used aquasoil...without a filter? 28:40 - 6 -Help dealing with a dino outbreak using Waste-Away Gels? 32:48 - 7 - Are the bacteria consuming Nitrates and Phosphates free swimming and not fixed ones? 35:11 - 8 -How about phosphate in our unfiltered tap water? Can promote algae growth as well? 39:38 - 9 - I have some discus fish they are not willing to eat, and some of them they eat but they are too skinny. I am providing them beef heart, Brine and blood worms via mixing with garlic and vitamins. What do you recommend? 44:52 - 10 -How much food should I feed my Flowerhorn?

Article: https://www.drtimsaquatics.com/public-aquarium-and-aquaculture/nitrification-in-marine-aquaria/ Timestamps: 00:00 Start 3:30 Traditional view of Nitrification 5:28 What Bacteria Look like 8:29 Nitrification Classification 10:45 Winogradsky column 12:18 Microbiology 101 14:11 Culture Bias 17:41 Classic 2-Step Nitrification 26:15 Phylogenetics of Nitrifiers 34:29 Anammox 38:59 AOB-AOA Temperature Dependent 46:33 Comammox 51:19 Effect of Salinity

If you have any comments or questions, please email us at info@drtimsaquatics.com Links: Dinoflagellates Prescription card PDF: https://www.drtimsaquatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dinoflagellates_prescription_recipe.pdf Mack's Reef Dinoflagellates Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259474048655429/ Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:09 - 1 In regards to cycling a tank, wouldn't putting the ammonia in first, before the One and Only, be best? 05:00 - 2 Rare fish and stubborn Dinos 07:18 - 3 What is the cockroach of the bacteria world? 10:58 - 4 How about phosphate in our unfiltered tap water? Can promote algae growth as well? 11:36 - 5 Once the bottle of Ammonium Chloride is open does it go bad? 14:52 - 6 One and Only and overwintering Koi in a bare bottom tank in the basement 17:30 - 7 Controlling nutrients in a 400 gallon reef tank. 26:43 - 8 Detailed instruction on how to use Waste Away to treat the Dinos in my 20 gallon reef 35:10 - 9 When should I turn my protein skimmer back on when using One and Only? 38:39 - 10 How to treat small cell amphidinium dinoflagellates using Waste-Away and Refresh? 42:08 - 11 Best treatment for dinos...waste away or dino treatment kit?

This listener requested episode is about UV. If you have a topic you'd like to hear about or a question for Dr Tim, send us an email - info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:45 What UV stands for 06:25 What a UV is 06:56 UV lifetime 10:15 UV Exposure 12:23 What size and how long you should run a UV 16:17 When to run a UV 20:27 UV operation 25:04 Negative impacts of UV 28:01 UV and Bacterial additives, vitamins, and minerals 29:55 UV and diseases and pests

If you have questions you'd like answered, email us at info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 2:06 -1. Does your Waste-Away /Refresh formula work to get rid of diatoms in addition to dinoflagellates? 5:12 -2. Question on cycling- "13 days into Fishless cycling a 125g using Marco Rocks. 8:06 -5. Where to place Waste-Away Gel and what size to use? 10:37 - 6. How to fix elevated ammonia after a Rid Ich Treatment? 14:29 - 7. Is there such a thing as too many water changes? 19:27 - 8. How do I use your products to treat Lyngbya in my tank? 24:34 - 9. Botanicals and their relation to decay and biological oxygen demand? 31:39 - 10. One and Only for saltwater vs One and Only for reefs. Whats the difference? 32:09 - 11. Dr Tim, can you make a video talk about UV light? 32:54 - 12. Cycling question: Day 15 on a new cycle after adding too many fish caused a spike and the tank crashed.

If you have an questions or topics you would like to hear about, send us an email- info@drtimsaquatics.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Introduction 1:48 How aquarium systems differ from septic systems 5:00 Why increased biodiversity is problematic 6:42 Bacteria and skimmers 11:37 Bacteria need a niche 12:25 Organic dosing makes cyano worse 16:10 Dinosaurs, bacteria, and changes 18:30 How to get rid of dinoflagellates 19:58 Invasive species 29:41 Island ecology 39:56 Nitrifiers hate petri dishes

If you have questions you'd like answered, send us a message- info@drtimsaquatics.com 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.

If you have any questions about ponds or another topic, send us an email at info@drtimsaquatics.com 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

If you have a question, email it to us at info@drtimsaquatics.com 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 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?

If you have any questions or a podcast topic you would like us to cover send us an email- info@drtimsaquatics.com 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