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Join us as we talk about the history of aquarium keeping, how things have changed (Did you know you used to be able to buy fish in department stores), what they are now, and ideas on what the future of fish keeping will be like. 

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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

During this Q&A episode Dr. Tim answers the following questions:

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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.

This episode of the DrTim's Aquarium podcast, we talk about planted tanks. 

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October Q & A part 2

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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. 

October Q & A part 1.

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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.

Dr Tim answers your questions! 

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