Last week we visited Aqua Illumination LED light manufacturing plant in Ames Iowa where we got to spend a lot of time getting to know and understand the groundbreaking new Hydra 26 & Hydra 52 “HyperDrive” LEDs. In addition to…
10 generations of Aqua Illumination LED lights
Aqua Illumination is the oldest aquarium company around today that has always been specifically dedicated to designing and building LED reef aquarium lights. This week we travelled to Aqua Illumination headquarters to spend some time with the crew, wrap our…
AquaIllumination Hydra 26 LED is small but don’t call it a ‘nano’ light
The AquaIllumination Hydra TwentySix joins its big brother, the Hydra FiftyTwo, at interzoo 2014. While it may resemble the AI Nano in size, the similarity ends there. The Hydra TwentySix has more output than the original Hydra, including six additional LEDs. Impressive when…
Hydra 52 upgrade kit halves the cost of this powerful LED light
The Hydra 52 is easily one of the most power-dense LED lights available to the marine aquarist, with fifty two different LEDs delivering 135 watts of bleeding edge lighting. A spanking new Hydra 52 LED currently retails for $599 but…
Neptune Systems teases expanded Apex controllability of AI hardware
Neptune Systems recently let loose a cryptic image with no context which appears to show part of the AI Hydra’s LED cluster and lens. Back in May when Neptune Sys. was working on developing more compatibility between the WXM module…
AI Powerpuck LEDs up for preorder, shipping in April
The AI Powerpuck is so close to making the Vega the most customizable LED reef aquarium light ever that we can almost taste it. If twenty LED channels of control isn’t enough to get you hot and bothered about the…
AI LED firmware 3.0 delivers 3-channel control, thunderstorms and advanced timer sequences
The AI LED firmware 3 has been out for almost a week now and we’re really pleased with all the new upgrades. You gotta love the beauty of electronic devices like the AI LED which can deliver new functionality through…
AI Wave LED tube from Aqua Illumination gets spec’d and priced
The AI Wave LED is that funky LED tube from Aqua Illumination which we first introduced to you as the AI Beam back in April. Now that the AI Wave LED is approaching release very soon and an unveiling next…
Sol Super Blue AI LED modules now shipping decked out with the tricolor LED pucks
The Sol Super Blue is now a second color option if you are looking to purchase an AI LED from C2 Development. In a recent blog post, Chris Clough announced that the Sol Super Blue would be available starting immediately…
SolarMax Advanced LED system takes more than a little inspiration from the AI LED
The Advanced LED System from SolarMax will be more than a little familiar in design and build to current owners of the AI LED from AquaIllumination. That’s because the Advanced LED System is clearly inspired by the performance leading AquaIllumination…
