April Q & A

If you have a question for DrTim send us an email at [email protected] 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?