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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…

California Academy of Sciences NightLife highlights sustainable seafood

The California Academy of Sciences, located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and home to the world famous Steinhart Aquarium, hosts a unique event every Thursday night. The NightLife series is an over 21 event, opening the doors for a…

Yellow face coral beauty angelfish imported from Cebu by Aqua Terra Distributors

As far as unusually colored reef fish go, this yellow faced coral beauty is definitely an eye catching specimen. Captured in Cebu, the yellow face Coral Beauty angelfish is a larger specimen which doesn’t appear to be a hybrid with…

Aqua Lumi High Output LED Light Unit spotted in UK via iQuatics

Aqua Lumi products are a new set of LED products from iQuatics a new retailer/manufacturer based out of the United Kingdom. They have been teasing us with a photo of their new Aqua Lumi High Output LED Light Unit that…

NOPO Biopellets now available at Reef Dynamics

Another nitrate and phosphate reducing biopellet is available on the market now as Reef Dynamics adds NOPO BioPellets to its line of products. While there appears to be no major differentiators between the NOPO BioPellets and what else is on…

Opinion

Opinion: So you want to be an aquarium entrepreneur?

If there is one thing in this hobby that we need it is aquarium entrepreneurs. Ones that have a vision and stick with it, ones that know what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur and ones that are more…

Coral

Follow this year’s SECORE coral spawning field workshop in Curacao

Just on the off chance you can’t make it out to Curacao this summer, the SECORE team is bringing all the fun from its annual coral spawning field workshop to you via its blog and Facebook page. From August 12-22,…

Acidic oceans can be causing “deafness” in fish

We know that acidic conditions can cause damage to sensitive corals on our reefs but a recent study on clownfish has shown that increased acidity in water can cause them to lose their hearing. The study used sounds of predators to see if the…

Bubble King Double Cone 180 on video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvWcd1ueYk[/youtube] While you might not own a Bubble King Skimmer, you still might dream about their new Double Cone. The Double Cone is not really a “double” cone, and we aren’t sure why Royal Exclusiv gave this new skimmer that…