Change is good, a summation of a transition from metal halide to LED lighting

After reviewing the Mazarra LED light on a 180-gallon and the AI Nano LED on a 34-gallon, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about whether I’m happy with the transition overall. There are a lot of aquarist on the…

LED showdown final pits Maxspect Mazarra against Ecotech Radion

The 2011 LED showdown is in its final leg with the Maxspect Mazarra defeating the Kessil A150W and the Ecotech Radion taking out Nano Box. So which one will prevail as our reader’s choice LED aquarium lighting product released in…

Who’s in the Final Four? Check to see in the 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown

So who made it down to the final four in the last vote off in the Reef Builders Reader’s Choice aquarium LED lighting showdown? Our latest round of votes was tabulated and we have the Maxspect Mazzara and Kessil A150W…

Elite Eight narrowed down in 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown

The votes continue to roll in here for our 2011 Reader’s Choice LED showdown. The first two rounds are complete and we have it narrowed down to the Elite Eight in this fun way for our readers to chose the…

2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown — Round 2 of the Reader’s Choice ready for votes!

Put round one in the books and get your voting fingers ready for the second round of the 2011 Aquarium LED showdown. As we mentioned before, we picked our 32 top stories on new aquarium LED lighting that appeared in…

2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown — we’ll let you decide

  Looking back at our posts in 2011 we can definitely see the effect of LED lighting in the aquarium market, proving to be one of the hottest topics we covered this past year. With so many new products hitting…

ecrof-LED is one unique looking LED lamp

The ecrof-LED is a 16W high-powered LED aquarium lamp that really has a unique form factor we haven’t seen before. The ecrof-LED may be a rectangular box shape but instead of having the LED emitters being spread along the longest…

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GrowsSpot LED grow light from Sunshine Systems has colors for reefing too

The GrowSpot is an LED Grow Light in a spotlight form factor from Sunshine Systems, the makers of the popular GrowUFO grow light for hydroponic and horticultural use. The GrowSpot LED comes in four colors that stimulate different parts of…