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If you have questions please contact us and we will answer them in another session.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

05:46 - 1 - Does the Ammonium Chloride have a shelf life ? Stored how ?

07:34 - 2 - Does the AquaClense have a shelf life ? Stored how ?

10:17 - 3 - Biopellets and the waste away.

14:00 - 4 - One & Only Nitrifying storage at room temperature and in a 35 degree fridge 

16:37 - 5 - Should I stop using carbon during treatment with your re-fresh and waste-away?

17:05 - 6 -  Why hasn't my ammonia changed? 

21:27 - 7 - How long does it take for the PhosEliminator to work? 

27:13 - 8 - Your fishless method says to use detoxified or non ro/di water, are you referring to just plain ole tap water?

33:04- 9 - For the first defense and eco balance recipe, is it normal if the solution isn't cloudy after 24 hours? 

33:49 - 10 - I don’t have a UV light, skimmer or filter sock. What happens if my tank gets cloudy after using Re-Fresh and Waste-Away? 

39:41 - 11 - My ammonia is not dropping and I have not seen any nitrites or nitrates. I’m on day 14. What’s going on?

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

03:42 Intro

04:53 Acute vs chronic toxicity   

06:12 Measuring toxicity  

08:40 Freshwater vs Saltwater

12:05 Lisa Steiner Work Loss of Ammonia oxidase

15:56 Why do you experience a stall during cycling?

21:16 When to test 

25:41 Nitrate is toxic

27:00 Chronic nitrate

38:09 Phosphate and the redfield ratio

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:39 - 1 - Age of fish

06:05 - 2 - Can I use bio media from another tank and One and Only at the same time to start a tank? Can I add the whole bottle of One and Only?

09:27 - 3 - Are mollies jumpers? Are they hardy fish?

11:50 - 4 - Help getting rid of algae in a tank with HIGH nitrates and phosphates

18:25 - 5 - Can I add a fish at maybe 5 days in even If I am not cycled?

20:54 - 6 -  How long before I can turn the lights on? I don’t want to get the uglies! 

23:53 - 7 - When is it safe to add corals to a new tank?

27:06 - 8 - Would it be beneficial, after cycling & adding fish to just start using Waste Away gel?

29:24- 9 - How long do I leave the filters and lights off? Also do I not put live sand in when I cycle it?

32:03 - 10 - What products are good for after the cycle to prevent ugly stage and when do I add it?

35:40 - 11 - During the Waste Away/Refresh treatment for dinos, is it ok to run the skimmer with the cup off to overflow back into the tank to maintain oxygenation? While the skimmer is off, would it hurt anything to run an air stone in its place to ensure good oxygenation?

39:14 - 12 - After not having any since day 9, on day 15 my nitrite is 2.0. What should I do? Should I add One and Only again?

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

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!

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?

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: 

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@asf_usa 

@drtimsaquatics 

European Socials

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@asf_aquariumsystems 

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?

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

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?

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

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?

00:00 Start

1:52 - 1 - How much Only and Only would I need to get for a 100 gallon indoor stock tank with 8, 5 inch koi? How much product do I use for periodic water changes? Also, If I had to do a complete water change would that be like starting over and using the initial startup amount? 

10:05 - 2 -  Do the biopellets need to be seeded with Waste-Away or Refresh? At what point during the algae removing recipe should I put the biopellet reactor online? 

11:50 - 3 - Is it possible to put refresh, waste away and eco balance on an automatic doser with magnetic stirrers to mix it up prior to dosing?

15:51 - 4 - Cycling a 220g reef tank with rock and sand. I'm on day 6, do I add more ammonia? 

24:47 - 5 - What is the difference between the freshwater and the pond/koi one and only?

25:54 - 6 - Fishless cycling a 20g tank. Should I do a water change if my ammonia is still high?

32:26 - 7 - Which of your products do you recommend to help lower nitrate?

36:23 - 8 - Can Ecobalance be used on a dosing pump splitting the dose daily?

39:02 - 9 - Is the one and only product good for just start ups or is it also good for just maintaining a tank?

43:15 - 10 - Does wrapping the tank in black plastic, with the goal of "preventing ANY lights" from getting into the tank include turning off my refugium light and wrapping it in plastic also?

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

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?

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

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.

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 

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.

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

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?

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?

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

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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

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?

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

Timestamps:

00:00 - start

1:52 - 1 -  A month after adding One and Only my ammonia is still up and I have 0 nitrites/nitrates. Please help.

7:02 - 2- My local fish store sold me the live sand and a couple pieces of live rock with Dr. Tim’s One and Only and said no need for fish yet or adding ammonia. They said it will take a few weeks to cycle. Will it cycle without adding fish or ammonia?

8:18 - 3- I'm cycling tanks, but when I add more ammonia the nitrite levels seem to spike really high the next day. Do I wait to see the nitrites go down or do a water change? I am worried the high nitrites will damage the bacteria.

11:19 - 4- My phosphate .09. I am using your Waste Away, and doing water changes weekly. I have mushroom and 5 fish. Is that reading ok?

13:08 - 5- Can I use Re-Fresh when I have snails and shrimp in my reef tank?

14:40 - 6- One and Only says you can add it after a water change. I just did a parameter check and my ammonia is at .50. Is it ok to add it with livestock in the tank?

17:25 -7- Does carbon need to be removed when using One and Only?

18:19 -8- Will I need to use bio pellets after The Refresh and Waste Away treatment? I have a very small Cyno carpet, bubble algae, dinos, and hair algae!

20:40 -9-  On a maintenance schedule of weekly dosing alternating Re-Fresh and Waste-Away. I'm experiencing a bacteria bloom. I do not run a skimmer or UV . Feed phyto every other day, have done regular (every 10-14 days) water changes.

24:08 -10- I have some of the One and Only on the way, I plan on just helping my nano cycle with Dr. Tim's, ocean direct sand, and rock. Will I still need to add ammonia?

32:06 -11- Why does tank size matter when adding One and Only?

33:47 -12- I like phosphate removers that are slower like GFO vs aluminum oxide based ones. Do you have more info on Phos-Eliminator PLUS?

35:06 -13- The aquasoil in my freshwater tank contains too much ammonia (10 ppm). Should I do a water change before adding One and Only? Any other tips while cycling fresh water tanks?

00:00- Intro

00:42- Meet Dr. Sanders

3:31- Important factor in caring for a fish.

7:59- What to do if your fish is overweight.

8:51-Tumors in fish

10:30- Dosing the wrong thing

14:55- When should you call a fish vet

19:16- Caring for Koi

21:25- Quarantine- Why it's important and how you should do it

24:25- How to restart after a wipeout

29:15- Signs to look for

31:02- Fish CPR

34:23- How long can you use a filter

36:16- How to clean your filter

Resources:

Aquatic Veterinary Services:    www.cafishvet.com

Find a Fish Vet:  (US)                www.fishvets.org

                       : (International)  www.wavma.org

If you have any questions, submit them to info@drtimsaquatics.com 

00:00 Start

1:34 Intro

3:59 Introduction to bacteria

5:20 Autotrophs

6:02 Heterotrophs

12:33 Purple Non Sulfate Bacteria

25:57 PNSB

28:55 Nitrifiers crash

29:14 Corals eat Biofilm

32:46 Fuels

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:26 - 1 - Do I need a skimmer when using waste away?

3:19 - 2 - Recognizing unfriendly bacteria, what beneficial bacteria are, and how do we promote the good ones?

7:04 - 3 - Help with cycling a 25 gallon reef tank.

10:04 - 4 - What is EPS?

12:10 - 5 - Suspended bio-media placement question. 

14:05 -6 - TAN or Ammonia? Questions for BRS and MACNA videos.

22:14 - 7 - What is the concentration of ammonia in Ammonium Chloride this product?

25:51 - 8 - I accidentally used freshwater One and Only in my saltwater tank. Will this cause any harm?

27:05 - 9 - With the Color up program should I be adding aeration to the solution or to my tank? If the solution how long for?

29:44 - 10 - Can I use Spring Water or Distilled Water? Can I cycle my tank by your method with a bagged ceramic media, sponge filter and bagged carbon? How much One and Only should I be adding?

35:18 - 11 - I have been using First Defense for dechlorination. When would I use AquaCleanse?

36:41 - 12 - Recommendations for short and long term planning for a successful Cichlid tank.

Timestamp:  00:00 Start 1:38 What is a planted tank 4:11 Cycling a planted tank 6:32 Order of placing things in the tank 9:11 C02 and pH 12:50 Setup steps recap 18:53 Small fish and cycling a planted tank 22:48 Trimming a planted tank 23:15 Time it takes to establish a planted tank  23:32 Linden Method  27:20 Cichlids and planted tanks 29:40 Pest control 30:34 Alum Dip = 1 tablespoon alum per 1 gallon of water 31:24 Shrimp and planted tanks  34:43 Waste-Away for planted tanks  37:00 Troubleshooting for planted tanks 40:08 Laterite 42:25 Enjoying your tank

Timestamp:

0:00 Intro

0:45 - Freshwater tank with high nitrates that won't go away.

3:00 - Where to add the bacteria in an aquaponics system and how long to let them settle.

11:58 - Freshwater aquarium questions from a beginner- plants an fishless cycling, delays before adding fish, and One and Only uses and storage.

18:30 - How to use Eco-Balance in place of Microbactor7 to fight dinoflagellates?

23:22 - One and Only, Waste-Away, or Re-Fresh to help fight stringy, white slime bacteria in a saltwater tank.

30:25 - Is my tank cycling? My ammonia levels aren't doing anything.

35:59 - How do I know my tank is cycling?

40:50 -Cycling a tank using RODI and having low pH in a planted tank. 

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

1:10 - LFS questions about the Fishless cycle card

13:48 - In the midst of an ammonia spike have I killed off the nitrifying bacteria? 

21:00 -I accident spiked my ammonia to 5 ppm on day one of the fishless cycle...

25:55 - Using a powder to mix my own Ammonia chloride solution.

32:12 -Did you change the formula of First Defense?

34:18 - Question on cycling and the science behind it.

36:51 - Question about fishless cycling in a 100g rubbermaid planted tank.

39:17 - Which version of the one and only do I use in brackish water?

40:20 - What's the difference between the one and only for reef and saltwater?

41:30 -I bought the freshwater eco balance by mistake. Can I still use the product in a reef tank?

42:58 - I accidentally got the freshwater BeneFISHal instead of the saltwater. Can I still use it?

46:45 - I’m wondering if I have an imbalance where my nitrates are too low?  I have medium amounts of green hair algae on my sand and rock, green turf algae, and very small amounts of bryopsis.

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?

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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

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."

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

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 

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...?

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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.

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

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

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?

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Timestamps: Intro 1:35 #1 Can I use Waste-Away Gels if I don't have a skimmer on my 45g tank? 4:00 #2 My Eco-Balance arrived in a slushy state. Will it still work?  5:34 #3 Cycling problems with a 20g using ammonium chloride and stability. 8:08  #4 Cycling a tank using live rock and bacteria. 11:37 #5 Waste-Away gel usage in an all-in-one 20 gallon.  14:09 #6 Help! I overdosed First Defense by 10x the recommended dose! 15:36 #7 Why shouldn't I use a UV sterilizer? 22:06 #8 Re-Fresh and Waste-Away for Green Hair Algae (GHA) treatment. 25:51 #9 Is Re-Fresh safe to use with shrimp and snails? 27:54 #10 Not adding enough ammonium chloride when fishless cycling.  29:58 #11 Can the Phos-eliminator +  be put in during the tank cycling process? 31:39 #12 What parts of the filter to leave in when cycling with a canister filter.

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Thanks for listening & happy fish keeping!

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