Mame Design’s limited edition Kidney Ecolyte demonstrates the full potential of LED lights

If you’ve been dreaming for years about the full potential of a well designed LED light fixture, then read on a full rundown of what Mame Design’s finest electronics craftsmen have created. The diminutive Kidney Ecolyte measures just under 6″…

New LED aquarium lighting panel being imported

There is no question that LED lighting is still a very popular and active subject among reef aquarists, talk to anyone and they will tell you how interested they are in the efficient light emitting diodes. Heck, with as much…

Lumen Aqua Ocean LED lighting from Royal Aquarium

With the current trend of stuffing LEDs into tubes to get around patent issues, we bring you the Lumen Aqua Ocean line of LED lighting coming straight from Royal Aquarium. The fixture can either be mounted from your ceiling with…

LEDs in Action: The 90w UFO LED light

‘LEDs in Action’ is a new mini series from Reefbuilders to highlight the importance and potential of LED technology for the home aquarium. Although we are far from finished covering some of the DIY LED options for the home aquarium,…

LEDs in Action: Eco-Lamps from Honk Kong with love

Right on cue with the halt of domestic LED aquarium light manufacturing, the Honk Kong based Eco-Lamps is now getting some attention for it’s decent looking LED aquarium lights. The Eco-lamps line of LEDs for aquarium use seem to be…

LEDs in Action: There is no shame in being a halfway DIYer

‘LEDs in Action’ is a new mini series from Reefbuilders to highlight the importance and potential of LED technology for the home aquarium. Given the perilous environment for LED fixtures in the aquarium industry, the technophile aquarist looking to brighter…

Oh boy, cheap white LEDs that last 60 years

Researchers at Cambridge University have been developing a new type of LED bulb which could revolutionize lighting for the home and for aquariums. Traditional LEDs are made by growing Gallium Nitride onto sapphire wafers but the new bulbs are made…

A closer look at the “LED Lighting & Effects System” from aquaFX

The aquaFX LED lighting system which we reported on a few months ago has come one step closer to availability with some pricing, release dates and more details about what this light actually is. The basic kit for this LED…

Vitrea’s LED lighting unit is shining in Italy

Vitrea, the new aquarium company that is poping out some seriously impressive products is teasing us with a new lighting unit. The lighting unit which is powered by all LED’s is seen shinning above a freshwater tank, which brings up…

Refreshed Solaris LED lighting unit arrives

The solaris LED lighting unit which is one of the first LED lighting units in the industry is being shown off at MACNA. Among it’s improvements including cleaner internal circuitry are: refreshed LCD screen so you’ll be able to adjust…