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,…
Ecoxotic turned a solar collector into an ‘Automatic Moonlight’
Just this past holiday we received a handmade solar collector as a gift from a friend. Imagine our surprise when Ecoxotic came to ReefStock showing off the exact same core device outfitted with blue LEDs for moonlighting a marine or…
ReefStock 2010 pictures part 1: Setting up
With 60-70 participants and about 400 attendees the third ReefStock was the best show yet. The crowd came early and it stayed late for the ReefScape competition, the talks and the raffle. While we were doing all we could to…
MR16 LED spotlights from NanoCustoms revealed at ReefStock 2010
NanoCustoms made a very strong showing at this year’s ReefStock with many new products, one of the most notable being their MR16 LED spotlight. The MR16 from NanoCustoms is a Mini-Me version of the industry-leading PAR 38 LED spotlight from…
Quick ‘n Dirty hands-on with the last Beta of the Seashine light
One of the big attractions at this weekend’s ReefStock is the first public viewing of the production level Seashine lights from Stray Light Optical. As we hustle to finalize all the last minute details of ReefStock, we still had time…
The Greatest Aquarium LED show on Earth, this saturday at ReefStock and on Reef Builders
Unless you’ve been living deep inside a piece of Totoka live rock, by now you should be aware that a huge LED lighting demonstration will be taking place at ReefStock this Saturday, March 13th at the Denver Downtown Aquarium. LED…
Tunze’s reusable 20 micron prefilter for R.O. units can save you money
This past weekend we had the pleasure of making a visit to Austin Texas where we visited with Roger Vitko of Tunze USA, a ReefBuilders sponsor. Roger let us take a peek at some new and upcoming products as well…
Centropyge debelius, one of the most elusive pygmy angelfish appears at Blue Harbor
Centropyge debelius, the blue mauritius pygmy angelfish is a fish that is so rare and elusive that these may be the first new photos of the species in the last several years. Although Blue Harbor succeeds in obtaining quite the…
Getting an angle on the CoralsSky Versa SL actinic LED striplights
The Versa SL actinic LED striplight is the most significant product we’ve seen in the aquarium market since the Reefbrites and the Ecoxotic Stunners. Although the Stunners are more suited towards smaller applications and accent lighting, the Versa SL compares…
Exclusive first look at the spectrum graph of the plasma arc LIFI at different power levels
The LIFI plasma arc light from Luxim is one of the most exciting, promising new technologies which is taking many different lighting application by storm. Street lights, the military, the aquarium hobby and alternative lighting applications are all very anxious…