With the new Maxspect Mazarra X being snuck into Reefstock recently, and Mr. Saltwater Tank doing a brief video clip on it, we assume there are many of you who are really itching to find out more information about this upcoming fixture. Well, we have details. The Mazarra X is basically an upgraded Mazarra S, Read More

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The 2011 LED Showdown was a lot of work and a lot of fun but at the end of the day only one LED light could be left standing. The Ecotech Radion XR30 defeated the Maxspect Mazarra in the final round of the 2011 Reef Builders LED showdown giving you, our readers, the chance to Read More

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The 2011 LED showdown is in its final leg with the Maxspect Mazarra defeating the Kessil A150W and the Ecotech Radion taking out Nano Box. So which one will prevail as our reader’s choice LED aquarium lighting product released in 2011? Is it the RGB LEDs of the Ecotech Radion or the Cree XM and Philips Rebel ES Read More

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So who made it down to the final four in the last vote off in the Reef Builders Reader’s Choice aquarium LED lighting showdown? Our latest round of votes was tabulated and we have the Maxspect Mazzara and Kessil A150W going head-to-head and the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 going against the Nano Box (click here Read More

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The votes continue to roll in here for our 2011 Reader’s Choice LED showdown. The first two rounds are complete and we have it narrowed down to the Elite Eight in this fun way for our readers to chose the top LED lights we covered that were released this last year. A few surprises with Read More

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Put round one in the books and get your voting fingers ready for the second round of the 2011 Aquarium LED showdown. As we mentioned before, we picked our 32 top stories on new aquarium LED lighting that appeared in 2011 and paired them up in our first ever Reef Builders reader’s choice tournament bracket Read More

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  Looking back at our posts in 2011 we can definitely see the effect of LED lighting in the aquarium market, proving to be one of the hottest topics we covered this past year. With so many new products hitting the market, we thought we’d pick out a good chunk of them and let you Read More

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Our contacts abroad shared some images of a prototype Blau LED aquarium light that looks strikingly similar to the Blau Lumina LED and T5 hybrid we spotted at InterZoo earlier. Carrying the same basic form it appears Blau replaced the T5 bulbs with more LED arrays. The six diode LED PCB pucks look pretty standard Read More

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At first glance the KEY LED K3 LED aquarium light looks like any other Chinese box LED light but looking at some of the specs and features, its good to see the K3 LED taking a step away from the massive array of white and blue 1W LEDs. Included in this version is the ability Read More

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CoraLed is a relatively new company building LED aquarium light fixture in the UK that will build your lights to order in lengths up to 10 ft. Granted, most hobbyists won’t need that much span but its good to know companies are willing to give you more than just a standard fixture to make you Read More

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