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Fluval’s Sea Salt available in three sizes and coming very soon

Fluval is set to make a big push in the saltwater aquatics industry. Their new brand Fluval Sea will have several new products. First up is the Fluval Sea Salt that we covered earlier, the salt will come in three…

Fluval Sea is a new marine salt coming soon

Fluval is about to get into the salt mix business, that is according to a Hagen rep at an industry tradeshow. Fluval Sea is a new salt mix product shown off at Superzoo, a popular industry show out of hot…

Red Sea releases video series on “Reef Care” line

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihjuLfAcwE&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] For those of you who like to digest your information in video form, Red Sea has just launched a five-part video campaign on YouTube sharing information on the Red Sea Reef Care line of products. Hosted on the Red…

ContourRoam is one niftly underwater camera

Countour makes some pretty interesting HD video cameras that make it easy to clip it on and tape your latest exploits and have just added the ContourRoam, the company’s first high definition underwater camera. You know we love our waterproof…

DrTim’s Aquatics NP-active pearls spotted at MACNA

We’ve covered plenty of biopellets here at Reef Builders but the NP-active pearls by Dr. Tims creation are a bit different. Although the NP-active pearls look pretty much the same as most on the pellets on the market, these pellets are…

Bio-Phos 80 is a new synthetic iron hydroxide PO4 remover

Bio-Phos 80 is a new phosphate removing resin that just hit the scene from Bio Aquatek. Bio-Phos 80 is a synthetic iron hydroxide resin designed to be a supercharged PO4 remover that is stronger and more durable than your traditional…

Thrive Aquatics and Thrive Analytics set to Launch in September

Thrive Aquatics, a new supplement and online service is expected to be announced shortly.  The Thrive brand products are designed for stores and maintenance companies, not online stores. The system has two major parts, the additives (1. Alkalinity 2. Calcium…

Coral Reef Spain launches new premium salt

Coral Reef Spain just announced a new premium reef salt offering higher calcium and magnesium concentrations. As a wholesaler and retailer, Coral Reef Spain developed the salt in collaboration with Ricordea Farm in Germany. A focus on pharmaceutical-grade ingredients was…

AquaMaxx releases yet another biopellet product along with Carbon One and Phosphate Out

AquaMaxx recently released their BioMaxx plus pellets, adding to the wide array of biopellets to choose from. The BioMaxx plus pellets very much remind us of the ATB biopellets we got our hands on awhile back, the NOPO biopellets we…

Cost of Lanthanum and Neodymium rise sharply following China’s stockpiling of rare earth metals

There is one chemical reaction at which the rare earth metal Lanthanum is particularly good at, and that’s precipitating phosphate from water. The use of Lanthanum Chloride (LaCl3) to precipitate phosphate from reef aquarium water has grown in recent years,…