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,…

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…

Universal Rocks aquarium backgrounds lightweight, flexible and realistic

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRBS5GQE20&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Although the company has been in business down in Australia for over 10 years, Universal Rocks is starting to gain a bit more presence in the United State. In case you haven’t seen this product before, Universal Rocks creates…

Fan-cooled Gavita Plasma light is not solid-state but it is lighter and cheaper

Gavita’s fan cooled Plasma light is not the kind of light you’d want to hand over an open top reef tank, nor is it adequately protected for saltwater exposure but its price is much more in the affordable range. The…

Maxi Jet Pro powerhead gets compared to a Maxi Jet Classic

The Maxijet Pro is Marineland’s much overdue refinement of the Maxijet water pump not just as a powerhead, but as a platform of water movement. We first reported on the Maxijet Pro from some boxes that UPG was showing off…

JBJ Oceanstream circulation pumps finally appearing on the market

The JBJ Oceanstream circulation pumps we heard about last fall are starting to appear at online retailers over the last few weeks. Propeller powerheads have become the standard the last few years and JBJ has brought some affordable propeller water…

RoboSnail from AquaGenesis heading towards production, coming later this year

The RoboSnail from AquaGenesis, a nifty automated aquarium glass cleaner we saw poking around the internet a while back, is getting closer to retail ready and will be heading into production soon for public release later this year. The company…

Induction lamp demonstration video from Inda-grow

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W135tcQOGOQ[/youtube] If today’s post on induction lamps got you excited about the next generation of fluorescent lighting, here’s a little more to keep you going. This demonstration video of induction lamps work is from a company called Inda-Grow,…

Induction lamps bring more intensity and longevity to fluorescent lighting

Induction lamps are nothing new; the technology has been around since the early nineties but only in recent months have seen real usable components becoming available to pioneering light companies. Induction lamps come in a bulb and in circular form…

Tunze releases more information about Nanostream 6095

The Tunze Nanostream 6095 which was officially announced at Reef Stock and Tunze has more information about wattage use. The Tunze 6095 will be controllable, meaning you will be able to modify how much flow you would like to dish…