vortech-pump-controllers-1 A trip down memory lane of Ecotech Marine VorTech pump controllers As Ecotech Marine celebrates ten years of business in the reef aquarium scene, I am reminded of how I came to know the once scrappy three young founders Tim, Pat, Justin and first employee Mark. The company cut its teeth on reef tank product engineering with a magnetically stirred kalk stirrer with a built in
DSC_5775 Sicce’s booth at Zoomark 2013 featured lots of goodies for the future
Nanobox mini fixtures shown off in all their glory at Reefstock

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

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