With over 30 aquarium LED products showed off by more than 15 companies at this year’s ReefStock, were going to go ahead a call it: The future is now and LED lighting has truly arrived to the aquarium world. Spotlights, Striplights, moonlights, twilights, power lights and all form of DIY lights used LEDs to light [...]
LED lighting is beginning to take hold in the aquarium hobby and it can be a very complex subject to master when trying to make an informed purchase decision as a consumer. We touched on the topic of underdriving or overdriving LED’s with coralSky’s Jeff Littlejohn earlier and were fortunate enough to get a hold [...]
Ecoxotic is adding another flavor to its Panorama line of modular LED lights with the release of a new all blue, 453nm actinic module for reefers looking to take advantage of actinic LED lighting. Before the company had a blended module of 8,000K white and 453nm actinic blue LEDs and now you can get as [...]
Thanks to the folks at JBJ-USA, we were able to get our hands on the latest addition to the JBJ Nano Cube line–the new JBJ 28g Nano Cube LED for a full-on review. While this tank won’t be up and running quite yet, we wanted to make sure we passed on some photographs along with [...]
The technological advances in the hobby each year are fascinating to look back at and reef aquarium lighting is no exception. 2009 brought many new improved lighting on the market. Despite the fall of PFO and the LED patent war from earlier this year, LED lighting is coming on strong in a variety of flavors. [...]
The GHL ProfiLux II is releasing early next year with plenty of interoperability to really tap in and control your LED lighting system. The new ProfiLux unit is a good option for budget-minded reefers looking for the benefits of GHL’s ProfiLux line at a more affordable entry point. Starting at $299, they won’t have all [...]
LED lighting is all the rage and with these flexible LED lights from QE Global you can inexpensively add low-heat, energy-efficient lighting to your setup. Granted, these lights may not pack enough punch to use strictly for aquarium lighting for corals and other light-intensive critters but these offer a unique way to add moonlight or [...]
One of the newest additions to the GHL ProfiLux line is the LEDControl1; a driver and dimmable control unit all in one. The LEDControl1 allows you you to dim your LED lighting with a cap at 700 mA and maximum voltage of 20VDC with a 1-10V-interface of the ProfiLux. Off the shelf, these units have [...]
If you were one of the lucky ones to see the AquaBeam 1000 HD Ultra LED lighting system Quality Marine had on display at IMAC West or Reef-A-Palooza and were looking to get your hands on one, now is your chance. Quality Marine just announced this unit is now in stock and ready to ship [...]
AquaIllumination is finally getting their Cree XP-G equipped light fixture ready for shipping to consumers. The next generation AI light features a slew of new upgrades like the use of the the very efficient XP-G series LEDs and a new type of lens that was specifically optimized for use with the XP-G Crees. AI is [...]
