Tag: safety
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Best Reef Aquarium Gloves: A Quick Product Review
When you work in your saltwater aquarium, you deal with – well, water. But there are other concerns you may face. Do you have corals? Sea anemones? Fish with spines? You need aquarium gloves to protect you while you’re scrubbing, aquascaping, or rearranging your rockwork. Maybe they’re not the most fashionable pieces of clothing you’ll…
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Did pulsing xenia coral cause palytoxin poisoning in the UK?
The aquarium world has been buzzing about recent reports of palytoxin poisoning. It seems to be swirling because of some news reports like this one: From The Independent In that article, the report was that Chris Matthews, age 27, was taken to the hospital, along with a slew of other family members and rescue workers,…
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Palytoxin
The dangers of palytoxin and why you need to read this article Palytoxin is one of the most toxic marine chemicals and it might be in your home right now. I hope that caught your attention. One way to determine how toxic a chemical is is to give it to a lab mouse and see…
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How to install an aquarium grounding probe in less than a minute.
Want to know how to install an aquarium grounding probe? It’s easy. I’ll show you how. Installing the probe in my saltwater tank took me less than one minute. In fact, it took longer to take a few pictures and open the package than it took to install. How to install an aquarium grounding probe…
