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In much the same way that LEDs have taken over aquariums, they are now taking over the streets. Street lights that is. In just one day this summer, I witnessed a small crew swap out all the street lamps on my block. That night, we thought it was a full moon from our porch, but then realized it was the shine from our new LED street lamp.

Our city is part of the Bay Area Climate Collaborative Next Generation Streetlight Initiative. Earlier this year, they approved a project to upgrade 8000 street lights to LEDs by the end of the year at a cost of $3,000,000. This cost will be off-set by an estimated annual savings of $400k in energy costs, a 50% savings in C02 emissions and 7% of the city's total emissions.



Partners in this effort include familiar names such as CREE and Bridelux. Looking into their street lamp models, I found that the price for an entire 'cobra head' LED fixture was surprisingly cheap - as...

Hi everyone, we are excited to announce our newest product line-up. We received our first shipment of Protein Skimmers later last week after testing a sample unit for several weeks with great results.



The Skimmers are ran by DC3000 pumps, which include a controller that allows for fine tuning of the skimmers output with 6 different flow settings.

Each Skimmer is made with cell-cast acrylic and is rated for up to 200 gallons of water volume. The protein skimmers are very reasonably priced, the D700 is only $274.99 shipped, and similar protein skimmers start at around $500.

At this time, the D700 is available for immediate shipment, and smaller sizes will follow suit in the coming months. You can order through our website here:

http://reefbreeders.com/shop/d700-skimmer/

The 3reef Tip & Win Contest starts now and you can win a new CAD Lights Aquariums PLS-50 Elite protein skimmer! The rules are simple: leave a tip on maintaining a reef aquarium on this contest thread and you qualify to win. The winning post will be determined with a random draw in 2 weeks. Big thanks to CAD Lights Aquariums. More details below.



2014 Cad Lights PLS-50 Elite Skimmer Specs

• Footprint: 3.25” x 3.25”
• Speed: Air draw: 187 LPH
• Aquarium capacity: One size fits all from 5G up to 60G
• 100% High quality Cell-Cast acrylic
• Professional TIA protein skimmer pumps
• Superior skimming power designed to be Nano in size

Tip & Win Contest Details

• You must be a 3reef member to enter
• Qualify by leaving a helpful reef aquarium tip on this thread
• Tips determined to be not helpful by 3reef moderators will be removed
• Enter as often as you like - multiple entries...

And it looks sweet !!!!!

It is basically the width of the 9002 without it's magnet so it will fit in many more applications. The cup has been upgraded to fit in AIO aquarium, wonder where they got that idea

The needle wheel promises darker skimmate. It run on only 2.5 watts and is whisper quiet after break in.

Grab a 9001 today! They are in-stock and ready to ship

http://shop.mediabaskets.com/Tunze-DOC-9001-Nano-Protein-Skimmer-9001.htm

Restoring your Bubble Magus Doser is a pretty easy affair requiring about an hour of your time, a little grease and some new peristaltic hose cut to size. Once you have disconnected your hoses, you can remove the pump heads by simply squeezing two clips on the sides of the head and pulling the head off.







The need to restore your Bubble Magus doser is not something you are made aware of from the manual, at least the PDF manual of the BM-TO1 that I have. Yet after way over a year of flawless performance, I began to notice that one of dosing bottles was emptying much faster than the other even though both pumps were set to exactly the same dose rate. After some research, I became aware of the need to replace the old hose within the pump heads. This should be done every...