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…
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Sirius Mini Reef 38 modular LED light from Sfiligoi uses numbers over strength
The Sirius Minireef 38 LED light is a new nano reef aquarium light from Sfiligoi that uses GU10 base LED spotlights. Unlike most reef aquarium LED lights which use small numbers of very high output LEDs, the Sirius LED spots…
Rise of medical marijuana may have consequences on LED lighting for reef aquariums
In a surprising bit of news we’re reporting that marijuana (yes the Cannabis plant) is having a direct impact on the reef aquarium hobby. The popularity of medical marijuana may be a double-edged sword in the widespread availability of new…
Boost your color with green light, an additional source of fluorescence excitation
For years and years we’ve seen a hobby dominated by white lights, with blue actinics. Be it halide, pc, vho, led, or anything else; the usage of a bright white light with the enhancement of blue light (about 420 to…
Reef Capable HO LED prototype from Marineland shows some light at the Global Pet Expo
Hold on to your corallites folk because all that promise of mass market LED from marineland’s Double Bright is about to get a little closer to reality as we sneak a peek at the HO LED prototype at Global Pet…
USHIO Introduces G12 Base Metal Halide lamp in Aqualite™ Series
Ushio has released their popular lamp color, Aqualite™ Series in a G12 type bulb. “This new single ended 150W lamp design in 14,000 Kelvin harnesses the ability to align the lamp to a parabolic reflector axially, leading to more efficient…
B-Ionic Seawater mixing pump is not just clean, it’s immaculate
This Tunze Nano Stream’s only job has been as a mixing pump for ESV’s B-Ionic 4 part Seawater system. So far this 6025 has mixed six batches of 5 gallons of water and one batch of 25 gallons and it…
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,…
Banggais in Lembeh and Maculosus in the Mediterranean, these fish are a long way from home
You know why Pterapogon kauderni is called the Banggai cardinalfish? Because originally it was found only around the Banggai Islands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. After several years of reported sightings of banggai cardinalfish a long way from home, the snapshot above…
Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today
Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging…
