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Flex LED from ReefBrite gives you twilight or moonlight, on the fly and on the cheap

The Flex LED from ReefBrite is a flexible LED strip that can be easily added to almost any existing aquarium lighting setup. Whether you have a pendants hanging above your reef or a fully covered aquarium canopy, The ReefBrite Flex LED is cheap and a novel way to add a whole moderate intensity lighting period [...]

TwinArc halide lamp giveaway, your chance to win a pair

No matter what kind of steam punk mogul base halide set up you are running, Reefbrite and Reef Builders are giving away a pair of Twinarc lamp so your HIDs can get some color switching going on. To bring you up to speed on the Twinarc halide lamp, this little puppy is designed with two [...]

ReefBrite “modular” prototype bracket seen, customize to your own color taste

ReefBrite is always coming out with something fun and besides just being a pleasure to be around, Joy Meadows and the team there gave the world a sneak peek at a prototype module bracket that lets you choose your own color combination of ReefBrite Tech LEDs to fit your aquarium’s needs. The gradual arch of [...]

ReefStock 2010 pictures part 2: so many LEDs under one roof

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 [...]

This is what 200 watts of LED actinic light looks like

A couple weeks ago I was part of an installation of 8 actinic LED striplights over the famous 1200 gallon reef tank in Evergreen Colorado. The reason these lamps had to be “installed” is because the only fixture to which we could attach the lights is a legion of Aquaspacelights but with the included brackets [...]

LED Floodlight from Reefbrite is a novel LED spotlight form factor

Just as everyone was packing up their MACNA booths, we squeezed in just a little face time with a new LED floodlight from Reefbrite Illumination. This solidly built fixture features all metal construction with the power supply and drivers incorporated into the base and a heatsink carved out of the back of the light panel. [...]

Twin Arc Metal Halide Bulb shipping at Marine Depot

You remember those new Twin Arc Metal Halide Bulbs from Advanced Lighting Solutions Reefbrite. Well they started to ship from Marine Depot in either 250 watt ($99) or 400 watt ($119.99) varieties.  Both of these are in a 10k/20k combo split.