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…

Eheim AquaCorner 60 a small, unobtrusive filter for your nano tanks

The new Eheim AquaCorner 60 is a small internal filter for keeping your nano aquarium crystal clear without sacrificing too much internal real estate. Good for systems from 10 to 60 liters, the Eheim AquaCorner 60 is an mechanical filter…

Clear Blue Pro launched by Blue Life USA for advanced water polishing action

Clear Blue Pro is a new chemical adsorption media from Blue Life USA which is a modern take on the mixed media products like ChemiPure. Clear Blue Pro is a combination of high grade carbon, organic adsorption resin and GFO…

Warner Marine expands and improves additive line

Warner Marine, a company most known for their Skimmers recently completely re-did their additive line. Around 12 new products will be added including basic Trace Elements and Amino Acids. Beside the more standard additives some other products such as a bacteria…

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…

More details, pricing on Innovative Marine Nuvo Aquariums

The new Innovative Marine Nuvo Aquarium all-in-one aquarium kits have a simple, clean and elegant look and with new details coming to light, have an affordable price as well. The Innovative Marine Nuvo Aquariums are now available in a 30…

The problem with romanticizing the reef hobby and idolizing demagogues

After reading Scott Fellman’s post about bad reefing ideas, I started to think about where a lot crazy shifts in reefkeeping have originated. Usually it’s from some reefkeeping “expert”.  More often than not, I have had to ask myself what…

Video walkthrough of the Profiline digital dosing system from Coral-Shop

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”425″]http://vimeo.com/25193138[/vimeo] The Profiline digital dosing system from Coral-Shop is one of the most aesthetically designed and thoughtfully engineered aquarium products to come out in quite a long time. With the popularity of dosing two part solutions, balling and…

Sneak peek at the prototype Calcium Checker from Hanna

The Calcium Checker from Hanna could be the easy-to-use colorimeter for calcium testing that reef aquarists and LFS employees have always dreamed of. For those reef aquarium water testers who are either color blind or lack sensitivity between blue and…

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,…