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Mitras 6200 LED gives GHL a bluer light offering

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The Mitras 6200 LED is GHL’s latest flavor of their fairly young Mitras LX LED platform. Where the Mitras LX 6100 has excelled at reproducing colors that are in line with European tastes for lighting that replicates T5 lighting, the Mitras LX 6200 replaces some of the warmer LEDs with cooler, bluer LEDs that should Read More

Mitras Full Spectrum LED bar details revealed in first actual photos

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GHL has done little more than announce their new forthcoming full spectrum Mitras LED bar but some actual product shots reveal more. The images of what appears to be 60cm LED strips seems to be made up of nine modules. Each LED module is populated by four multicolor LEDs and four discrete high powered LEDs. Read More

Mitras LED and Radion XR30 Pro: comparing the color and spread on a big reef tank

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The Mitras LED from GHL and Radion XR30w Pro from Ecotech Marine are two of the most advanced LED lights ever made for the serious reef aquarium hobbyists. Although GHL has a lot of experience in making electronics for aquairums this is their first LED light and likewise, Ecotech Marine has had their Radion XR30w Read More

GHL Mitras LX 6100 hands-on: diverse LED color in a sleek German crafted package

The GHL Mitras LED light is the first aquarium light fixture from the experienced designers and manufacturers of aquarium electronics, most notably the GHL Profilux controller. We had to go all the way to Germany to get our first look at the Mitras LED in person, way back in May when the GHL LED aquarium light was Read More

New GHL Mitras LX 6100 LED pendant coming in September, preorder discounts available

GHL’s new Mitras LX 6100 LED pendant was one of the bright spots (no pun intended) of InterZoo 2012 and the company has released the full details and plenty of spectral images along with tentative pricing and a release date. The new Mitras lamp is set to be released on September 1 and will cost between $1,099 Read More

InterZoo 2012 video of aquarium companies: Rio, Tunze, Vortech, Radion, Schuran and Mitras all get some time in the spotlight

InterZoo 2012 in Nuremberg Germany was an amazing time, and a stimulus overload for any diehard aquarium and reef tank junky. The amazing displays found in the InterZoo booths of Rio, Ecotech Marine, GHL and Schuran are all given a little bit of love in this video highlight reel by Gilles van den Hoven. We spent Read More

Mitras LED name let loose by GHL, as well as its light composer

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The Mitras LED light from GHL now officially has a name, and a very fancy light composer that helps the user graphically set the Mitras LED’s color spectrum. Using eight different sliders for the eight different LED colors found in the Mitras LED, the GHL light composer gives real time output of the overall color Read More

GHL Mitras LED light will come in three colors, onboard and wireless control of near full spectrum

The GHL Mitras LED has some super cool features going for it, like wireless control, built-in controller, 7 to 8 different LED colors, active heatsinking and now we also have a clue of what it will look like. The white candy coated shell of the profilux pictured above is an attractive housing which will also Read More