3reef Aquarium Forums

Now you can enjoy reading 3reef threads without any advertisements in posts by becoming a 3reef Supporter.

After upgrading your account, you will no longer see any ads between posts on thread display.



3reef Supporter
Become a 3reef Supporter and see whole thread view without advertisements between posts! And enjoy additional features such as increased PM box, images in signatures, unlimited photo uploads, profile customizations and more for just $2 / month. Thank you for supporting 3reef, it is sincerely appreciated.

A win/win for supporting 3reef.com.

Optimizations were made to the new 3reef site to increase ad revenue to cover site costs. At the same time, much thought went into user experience and what could be given back to those of you that support the site through membership. Ads within posts were looked at...

The CAD Lights Aquariums new PLS-50 Elite protein skimmer truly is the "cutting edge of nano protein skimming" in that it is really small. So small with little details that when I pulled it out of the box I thought I was looking at a 1/10 scale protein skimmer model. I was not prepared for this. Somehow in the marketing details I missed the part that said "by removing the control pipes, valves, wedges etc. we have reduced the size by 40%." Indeed they have. And I'm not sure why. The 1st generation PLS-50 had a radically small footprint allowing for sump positioning, yet the skimmer itself was nearly average size. That was the genius of it even with its water line stability issue. In my mind that was all they needed to address with this updated version. But Cad Lights had other ambitions with the PLS-50 Elite by putting the 'nano' in nano. Read on for how it performs.

...

If you are a deep-sea diver looking to do something a little different, you might like to check out the underwater Spacecraft Cemetery. Ok, it's a little remote - 2400 miles due east of the capital of New Zealand in the South Pacific and it's a little deep at 2.4 miles, but, hey, that is closer than space! There are actual spacecraft there such as the complete MIR space station and oddities such as The Progress, a cargo spacecraft filled with 'waste.' Soon to follow may be the International Space Station itself. At that depth, you won't find much coral, but a blobfish in a space suit would be a nice pic.




More:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spacecraft-cemetery
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-spacecraft-cemetery.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_cemetery...

Please help me congratulate 3reefer Steve Goldsmith - as winner of our Tip & Win contest ! A random number generator pulled his post. Enjoy that cool Cad Lights skimmer Steve! And thanks to all that played and shared reef keeping tips!

Joe gets his salty hands on the new Kessil Spectral Controller to answer some key questions.

Namely: what does it do, how much does it cost and when will it be available?

Dig into his hands-on PREVIEW now... COMING SOON: Kessil Spectral Controller