Sunpulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halides are as small as 20 watts

SunPulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halide lamps are a new line of HID lights with sizes down to 20 watts. The SunPulse Nano Series metal halides come in 20, 35, 75 and 100 watts and in 3, 4, 6.5 and…

Black Friday is looking bright for reefers, best deals from our sponsors

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are on the top of many people’s minds looking to grab some deals on gifts and goodies. Have no fear because we chatted with our great sponsors, who help make the wonderful site happen day-in-day…

Combo Multichip LED pendant from Blue Moon stands out with a ring of blue LEDs

The combination multichip LED pendant from Blue Moon Aquatics is a novel LED aquarium light which has one large white multichip LED and a ring of 6 blue LEDs around it. The multichip is rated at 30 watts with a…

BoostLED offering discount on first generation of PAR30 LED reef lamps

BoostLED is coming to market with some affordable LED reef lamps and is offering a pretty nice discount if you order in advance of its mid-September release. The PAR30 lamps fit into your typical screw-in lamp fixture and offer a…

LeDio Mystery Purple and NanoCustoms PAR 38 LED spotlights tango in these videos of azoox corals

The Ledio Mystery Purple LED spotlight from Volx Japan is one which we compared to many LED spotlights including the PAR 38 lamp from NanoCustoms which will be familiar to new and old Reef Builders readers alike. The Mystery purple…

Tricolor LED pucks for the AquaIllumination bring the standard and royal blues

We’re not sure what to be most excited about regarding the new Tricolor LED puck for the AquaIllumination light: that it’s the first commercial aquarium LED light to incorporate XP series royal blue LEDs or the first to deliver both…

Cree introduces new record-breaking XM LED hitting 160 lumens per watt

Cree just brought another record-setting LED to market with its freshly announced XLamp® XM LED. The single-chip LED module cranked out 160 lumens per watt of power, setting new efficacy (the ratio of luminous flux measured in lumens to power)…

The Enduring Allure of “Chalices”: What’s the Deal?

I don’t know if it’s just one of those things that happens when you get older- you start questioning everything in the hobby: Conventions, norms, and trends are but a few of the things you ponder. I’m not grumpy, believe…

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,…

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…