Ushio Getting Into Direct LED Replacement Tubes for T5 & T8

Ushio has been one of the most respected names in quality lighting components in the aquarium hobby since the beginning of high tech lighting. Better known for their high quality metal halide bulbs, Ushio is now offering a small catalog…

Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: 10 best new products of 2016!

Another year has come and gone, and that means that it’s time for one of everyone’s favorite posts, the annual Reef Builders Editor’s Choice Awards. It’s crazy to think that what was once a novel exercise on our part has become…

B5HO, New LED Replacement for T5 Tubes from Biotek Marine

The B5HO LED tubes from Biotek Marine are the newest retrofit tubes designed to replace T5 fluorescent lamps in the aquarium hobby. The Biotek Marine B5HO name doesn’t score any points for originality, and will probably cause some confusion with the…

LED Retrofits For Fluorescent Lamps Are Becoming Mainstream

The idea of having an LED tube as a direct replacement is such a no-brainer you didn’t think Euroquatics was going to be the only company to do this, did you? The concept of being able to replace fluorescent lamps…

Arcadia LED T5 Retrofit Coming to America From Kordon

The Arcadia LED T5 Retrofit Lamps are the newest contender for directly replacing T5 fluorescent tubes in a stock T5 fixture. While Euroquatics E5 lamps made their big push in America, Arcadia has been focused on the European market, but…

How a reef tank really looks under hybrid T5 & LED lighting

Check out this new reef tank video by Martin Kunzelnick and tell us this is not a work of art. What we love most about this reef tank, other than the luscious and healthy corals, the active and vibrant fish, and the…

Top 10 things you can do while visiting Reefapalooza

Reef-a-Palooza is meant to be a celebration of the hobby. This event is organized by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society (SCMAS) which is a group of passionate hobbyists who want to share their love for reef animals. The goal of…

E5 Retro Series LED tubes swap out with T5HO lamps

E5 Retro Series LED tubes are a new light from Euroquatics which are directly swappable with high output T5 fluorescent tubes. If you’ve ever wanted to use LEDs but are already heavily invested in a T5HO fixture, the Euroquatics E5…