NanoBox Reef “Mini” is a passively cooled cluster of Philips Rebel LEDs

NanoBox Reef’s Dave Fason has been mostly quiet the last half of this year but the time that he’s been MIA has been spent designing and building one of the smallest high-powered LED lights for the demanding nano and pico…

Philips Hue is one nifty WiFi RGB light system with apps to boot

The Philips Hue WiFi-enabled LED lighting system shows a lot of promise towards pushing app-controlled lighting into the mainstream and bodes well for the hobby overall. If you recall the Greenwave LED lighting system we touched on last week and…

ATI LED-Powermodul T5 + LED reef light with higher intensity blue Philips diodes, thunderstorms too

The ATI LED Powermodul reef aquarium light is one of the first packages to combine the best of high performance T5 lights with some of the newest generation of high output LEDs. ATI already has made a name for itself…

Luxeon M from Philips Lumileds is gunning for Cree XM-L

Looks like Cree’s pint sized powerhouse XM-L LED is getting some competition this month in the form of the new Luxeon M from Philips Lumileds. Cree and Philips have historically played the one-upmanship game for as long as we can…

Maxspect Mazarra LED may be the first reef light with Cree XM and Philips Rebel ES

The Mazarra LED is a 3rd generation light by Maxspect which is bringing a lot of new an innovative features as well as high performance LED chips. The Mazarra may not be the first aquarium light to use Cree XM…

Philips Lumileds LUXEON Rebel Color LEDs now with more power

Philips Lumileds LUXEON Rebel Color LEDs just got a major boost with the company stating industry-leading performance increases for color LEDs. With the integration of other colors into the reef lighting mix, having an increased performance means getting more output,…

AC-powered OLED light from Philips could point to a future of thin efficient aquarium lights

The bright white light that Philips is showing off is a new OLED fixture which could set the stage for the next revolution in low profile and high efficiency lighting. Although LEDs seem to inundate the news of aquarium lighting,…

Philips Luxeon Rebel ES hits over 300 lumens, made for outdoors but a great fit for aquariums

Philips Lumileds recently added a new high-output efficient LED with the Luxeon Rebel ES hitting over 300 lumens. Geared towards providing a higher impact on the outdoor lighting market, the Luxeon Rebel ES and similar high-output, energy efficient LEDs are…

Tropical Aquarium Purifier from Philips is a mass-market ozone generator

The Tropical Aquarium Purifier is an ozone generator from Philips, like the Philips that makes lamps, TVs, cameras and a whole host of consumer electronics. While walking the floor of InterZoo we actually strolled by the Philips booth several times…

Royal Exclusiv Re-Light LED has a very ‘Euro’ Style

The Royal Exclusiv Re-Light is the first LED aquarium light fixture from the famous German manufacturer and to the best of our knowledge, this is their first aquarium light of any kind. The Re-Light by Royal Exclusiv appears to be…