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Technical notes on aquaculture water quality and leather process chemistry — what the numbers mean, and where a problem stops being fixable. One new article each week.

Comparison27 August 2026

Sulphamic acid or formic acid? Choosing an acid for deliming and pickling

Two acids, both ammonia-free, both in our range — and they do different jobs. A plain comparison of sulphamic acid and formic acid 85% for tannery deliming, pickling and descaling.

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Water quality20 August 2026

Five numbers that decide a pond season

Australian prawn and finfish farms live or die on a handful of water-quality readings. Here is what each one actually tells you — and the point in the cycle where it stops being fixable.

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Process13 August 2026

Basification: the quiet stage where grain defects are decided

Most grain complaints are blamed on liming or finishing. Often they start in the chrome bath — in how fast the pH came up. Here is why gradual basification matters, and what NEOMAG-90 does differently.

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Compliance5 August 2026

ZDHC Level 3: what certified chemistry means for your effluent

Every product in our leather range holds ZDHC Level 3 — the highest conformance level of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals programme. Here is what that means for your treatment plant and your paperwork.

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Process22 July 2026

Ammonium-free deliming: cleaner effluent without the trade-offs

Traditional deliming leans on ammonium salts that load your effluent with nitrogen. DELIME-A and sulphamic acid offer a gentler, ammonia-free route — here is how they work.

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