AcroOptics set to reveal a totally new kind of LED fixture

AcroOptics is a spankin’ new LED light company based in nearby Boulder, Colorado which is undertaking a radically different approach to making the ultimate LED aquarium fixture.  When we spotted one of their prototypes at Aqua Imports, an LFS in…

WWC True Blue Xenia is Strikingly Blue

Xenia has long held a special esteem in the reef aquarium world, once cherished for its polyp pulsing behavior, and subsequently reviled for its capacity to rapaciously grow and take over tanks with the right conditions. There’s a long history…

New MiniLED TVs Hint at the Future of Aquarium Lighting

If you wanted to recreate the light field of the sun over aquarium fish, corals or even plants you’d want to have a light source coming from as many directions as possible. This form of distributed lighting is especially important…

Built in Displays are a Total Luxury, and We Love Them

Built-in Displays in reef aquarium gear is one of those small design features that always grabs our attention when evaluating new tech. It obviously doesn’t make sense to include displays in everything but in cases where there is a lot of…

Reefi Duo LED is All About Crazy Color

Reefi is an aquarium LED light startup which is carving out a small niche for specific reef aquarium lighting applications. Based in Portland Oregon, Reefi immediately reminds us of smaller boutique LED light makers like NanoBox Reef LEDs out of…

This Beverly Hills Reef Tank is Nothing But The Best [Video]

Every once in a while we come across a reef tank that is fueled by unlimited resources. It’s been a long while since we’ve since an uncompromising reef aquarium setup but Reef 301 in Beverly Hills is one of those…

Acro Optics officially launches with a bewildering array of LED colors

The AcroOptics LED lighting company out of Boulder Colorado came out of left field when we first discovered it. After a few months of incubating beyond its official unveiling at ReefStock 2015, the first fixture from AcroOptics called the Reef…