BlueLife USA releases rechargeable phosphate absorbing resin Phos Fx

PhosFX is a new phosphate removing media from BlueLife USA, makers of the widely used ClearFX aquarium water polishing filter. PhosFX is different from granular ferric oxide (GFO) and is said to absorb PO4 twice as fast, with a higher…

New Era Phosphate Remover signals that the food manufacturer is branching out

It looks New Era is branching outside of the food realm with the New Era Phosphate Remover that was spied at Aquariya 2012, a trade show in Dubai. We have been impressed with the company’s food lines and are wondering…

PO4x4 phosphate testimonial from John & Cam’s Bali Reef, a 2500 gallon UK reef aquarium

PO4X4 is one of the newer phosphate removers on the aquarium market which has the added bonus of being able to be regenerated and reused. Sometimes it can take a while for home reefers to notice the relative performance of…

New study documents increased growth of staghorn Acropora in higher phosphate levels

Acropora corals are a mysterious creature with complex needs and one of those that we thought we’d nailed long ago was their “need” for minimal phosphate concentration in the water. A new study by Dunn et. al. which will be…

Hands on with PO4x4, not your typical phosphate removing media

PO4X4 is a novel phosphate removing resin which at first glance may seem like granular ferric oxide (GFO), but the similarities end with the color of the media. The shape and size of PO4X4 is like tiny little beads about…

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…

PO4x4 Phosphate Remover pulls 4x more phosphate than GFO

PO4x4 Phosphate Remover is a new product claiming to remove up to four times as much phosphate as your traditional Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO). PO4x4 Phosphate Remover was developed by Reef Interests the same company that brought the original NP BioPellets…

D and D Aquarium releases Iodine, Nitrate, Phosphate and one master Calcium, Alkalinity and Magnesium test kits

D&D from the United Kingdom is getting into the test kit game. They have released testing kits for Iodine, Nitrate, Phosphate, along with a multi test kit that will handle Calcium, Alkalinity and Magnesium. These new kits will be hitting…

Elos Phosphate kit now available

Elos new phosphate kit has landed inside the United States and has recently been spotted up on Marnie Depot. This new kit gives you what you might expect: readings on phosphate water parameters for your tank. This new kit was…

Red Sea’s Nitrate Pro, Phosphate Pro and Algae Control test kits

Nitrate pro, Phosphate Pro and Algae Control are new test kits from Red Sea which are aiming to spice up your aquarium chemistry set. Nitrate Pro does 100 test in the range of 0.06 to 15 ppm with an accuracy…