AI Hydra LED coming in hot at 95 watts & $399
The AI Hydra LED light is a surprise from left field by AquaIllumination which is going to be available quite soon. It’s been great having AquaIllumination cranking out new product releases including the AI Vega, New Controller, EXT Rail, Powerpucks, the AI Sol upgrade kit, the forthcoming AI Director and MyAI, so now the AI 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
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
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
AI EXT light rail is a good looking solution for mounting your AI Vega or Sol
The EXT light rail is the Aqua Illumination solution to mounting your AI Sol or AI Vega. Whether you want to use it as a mounting bracket or if you want to suspend two fixtures from the same hanging kit, the AI EXT is a very solid way to go. The EXT light rail can be used Read More
AI Vega LED delivers more than doubles the features in half the size of the AI Sol
As far as the generational upgrades of LEDs go, the increase in performance and reduction in size from the AI Sol to the AI Vega is about as impressive as it gets. The AI Vega already made a strong impact on us with its many colored LEDs and neat programming features before exact details were even Read More
AquaIllumination’s AI Director web based LED controller is buttery smooth to navigate
While at MACNA we dropped by the AquaIllumination booth for a little one on one session with the AI Director. Like many other controlling services, AquaIllumination has made the AI Director agnostic of hardware or software by building a web-accessible cloud-based controller so you can hop online with any device and get clicky with your Read More