AI Vega Review: the promise of LEDs is available now
The last six months have seen a flurry of next generation LED light being released with the AI Vega firmly in the vanguard of that pack. First announced over 18 months ago, there has been a great deal of expounding on the feature set of the AI Vega, its accessories and general ecosystem which has Read More
AI Powerpuck LEDs up for preorder, shipping in April
The AI Powerpuck is so close to making the Vega the most customizable LED reef aquarium light ever that we can almost taste it. If twenty LED channels of control isn’t enough to get you hot and bothered about the AI Vega, then perhaps selecting the colors for twenty different LEDs will do it. Long Read More
AI Upgrade Kit for Sol to Vega LED up for pre-order, shipping this month
AquaIllumination has formally announced a Vega Upgrade Kit to let all the Sol users out there get some next-gen LED action as well. Using the heatsink, fan and power supply of the AI Sol, the Upgrade Kit brings new lenses, new LED PowerPucks, four new 4-channel drivers, a main board and a plastic enclosure to Read More
AI Director is AquaIllumination’s solution for simplified wireless control
Reefstock is well on the way, and the AI Director is the perhaps one of the hottest products on the floor of reefstock. Setting out to connect your AI fixtures to the internet easily, the AI director serves as a dedicated dongle for your LEDs. Simply connect your fixture to the AI director wirelessly, make Read More
AI Sol and Vega LEDs get a massive deployment at DeJong Marinelife
DeJong Marinelife is a world-class wholesaler that has gotten a lot of love from Reef Builders for good reasons. We got a look into DeJong Marinelife’s operations through a video two years back, but since then they’ve made the switch to all AquaIllumination LEDs and their fixtures of choice: the AI sol and Vega LEDs. Read More
AI’s new controller firmware version 2 unlocks a motherlode of features
The super popular AI vega LED light has just been endowed with a bumper crop of new and exciting features thanks to a free firmware update to the feature-rich new AI Controller. With version 2 of the AI Controller, you can now use the wireless connection of AI Sols and Nano LEDs with the Wireless Read More
The Kessil A350 wins the 2012 Reef Builders LED showdown
For the second straight year, we compiled a pool of some of the LED lights that were released the previous year and asked you to tell us which one you felt was the most compelling and we are proud to announce the Kessil A350 as the winner of the 2012 Reef Builders LED showdown. We Read More
LED Showdown Final — You decide the champ: AI Vega vs. Kessil A350
We’ve whittled down the field of 32 to the final pairing in the 2012 LED Showdown with the AquaIllumination Vega going up against the Kessil A350. Both lights are worthy contenders and we’re excited to see two innovative US companies going head-to-head to decide who get’s to wear the crown as the 2012 LED Showdown champion. The Read More
LED Showdown Semifinals: down to the Final Four
We’re getting down to the end of the road and have the Final Four in our 2012 LED showdown. We have four great fixtures in the pool and at this point, any of these lights are worthy of the crown but we still want you to weight in. The Kessil A350, Maxspect Razor, AquaIllumination Vega and Read More
Three way LED stand off comparing the GHL Mitras, Ecotech Radion, and the AI Vega
With so many different LED fixtures on the market it is sometimes hard to keep track what options are available so we compared three of the highest performing LED reef aquarium lights, took some side by side pictures and threw together some quick specs for each fixture. The three fixtures we compared were the GHL Mitras, Read More