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 Vega and AI controller played with in the wild
Last fall Aqua Illumination unveiled their next generation LED light codenamed Phoenix and then officially named the AI Vega. With a foundation of top of the line LEDs, custom designed lenses and a robust active cooling platform, the AI Vega is poised to deliver a lot of high quality, efficient light. But the real innovations Read More
Aqua Illumination announces shipping date for the AI Vega
The AI Vega finally has a promised ship date to distributors of AquaIllumination LED products. In a very recent facebook update Aqua Illumination announced that the AI Vega will begin shipping to US distributors on or before August 31st, meaning that retailers will be getting the latest and greatest AI Sol in the first week of September. Read More
AI EXT hanging kit revealed in detail and demonstrated on video
The AI EXT Rail Mounting system was detailed just about a month ago and a new video from AI follows up to demonstrate what the hanging kit part of the AI EXT is all about. Hanging a single fixture of any LED light is pretty straightforward, but the AI EXT hanging kit enables seamless hanging Read More
AI Vega Color goes way beyond RGB with 8 colors and 20 channels of control (updated)
See the end of this post for AquaIllumination’s reply to our request for more information about the AI Vega Color Hold on to your polyps folks because the full spectrum AI Vega Color is ready to set some benchmarks. Why have only three colors of LEDs when you could have eight? And why stop at Read More
AI Vega relieves the AI Phoenix as official name of the new AquaIllumination LED light
The AI Vega LED light is what AquaIllumination has decided to call its forthcoming LED light which has until now simply been called the AI Phoenix. The AI Phoenix conjures up images of a fiery bird, rising from the ashes, a new generation of brightness but to students of the celestial bodies the AI Vega is a Read More
AI Nano LED review: good things can exist in small packages
I recently updated the lighting on my low tech reef tank with an AI Nano LED which is a world apart from the conventional lighting I had been using. I had some disdain for the included 150-watt “disco-ball” metal halide pendant that came with my Current USA Solana – the intrusive size and whacky appearance Read More
Sneak peek at the business end of the AI Nano
The AI Nano LED light is no longer just a half an AI Sol as the business end of this fixture clearly shows. Whereas the AI Nano Sol initially just included the same triple cluster of LEDs like the AI Sol, the AI Nano now has its own happy family of LEDs including four Cree Read More
AI Nano LED radically redesigned and release announced for the end of July
Just when we were beginning to think the AI Nano Sol might not be seen again until MACNA, Aqua Illumination goes and officially announces the launch of the much touted little LED light. Aqua Illumination states that it took ten months to refine this product and that it was going to be so different from Read More
AI Nano Sol LED from Aqua Illumination gets an iPod-white makeover
Aqua Illumination has just released a rendering of what appears to be a completely updated AI nano LED light that will be available soon to the masses. The light is no longer the “half AI Sol” from months past. Aqua illumination has finally redesigned the outer shell with features such as “touch control” allowing you Read More