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Spectra Chrome Metal Halide Bulbs from Elos

Elos Spectra Chrome  metal halides bulbs will be making an appearance in most Elos shops across the United States very soon. We already showed you the new LED lighting that Elos should bring out in 2010. The new Spectra Chrome bulbs will come in  10K Tropical, 14K Coral and 20K Abyss varieties in 150watt DE, [...]

Elos Prototype LED full fixture light spotted

While in Italy I was able to spy a new prototype model of LED lighting with the Elos brand name associated with it. Apparently Elos is mulling the idea around of producing this model which uses the guts of the elite unit along with T5 actnic’s for supplementation. This fixture is said to have the [...]

Elos’ new 14k, 20k SpectraChrome bulb can light your reef tank

There is a new SpectraChrome bulb coming in 14k, and 20k varieties. This is an Elos branded bulb that will come in several different types (150w DE, 250SE&DE and 400w SE) and will be available with major retailers in the United States. The SpectraChrome bulb is especially made for the US market after demand for [...]

Elos Colorimeter project killed, we’re all apparently too cheap

Back in 2008 we brought news about the new Elos colorimeter which was set to shake up the water parameter testing world for our marine aquariums. Fast forward a year and we just received word from Elos USA that the colorimeter project has been killed. The reason? Elos USA gives the explanation:

The project was stopped [...]

Custom DIY for Elos E-lite LED supplementation

A DIY took it upon himself to mount a custom LED to his existing E-lite, except that these LED’s are controlable, a feature that he was missing in the original E-Lite. He goes on to describe in his own words: “I wanted to get a controllable color range for the e-lite, so I rigged up [...]

Elos Mini Aquarium vanishes from website, upgrade in the works?

A quick glance at the Elos Europe website and you might notice something missing. The Elos system Mini which is a very popular seller for nano aquariums has vanished from the website. Generally when this happens either Elos is discontinuing the model, or upgrading the model with faster pumps, lighting, and who knows what else. [...]

New Elos suncolor LED captured on video

Elos has released a video of their new Suncolor LED module in action. The module which looks like the original Elos suncolor that used a 150 HQI metal halide bulb, but instead this module uses all LEDs. A quick glance of this video and it looks like a red/green/blue mixture of LEDs is being [...]

Elos Elite marine available to order

While the vast majority of us don’t use LED’s to light our tank up, Elos mini owners have been enjoying their elite LED systems for quite some time now. When they were originally released, they had a  fresh white feel to the lighting and most users were happy with this. However, another Elos elite came [...]

ELOS Coral Integrators Pack

A handy new pack of Elos products which seeks to take care of your Complex Carbohydrates, Amino Acid and Plankton Supplement issues has become available. Specifically there are three products in the pack Elos Pro Skimmer, Elos Omeg, and  Elos SvC that are included in the “Coral Inegrators Pack”.  The pack is going for $59.97 [...]

Elos all blue E-lite seen in the wild

The Elos e power manta hookups have been hitting up fortunate aquarists for some time now, however this is the first time we have seen an all blue elite hooked up to the Manta. That’s right, an all blue e-lite connected to the manta bracket. The elite is Elos’ LED light that is included on [...]