The Nero 5 pump is one of the most exciting pumps to hit the reef aquarium scene in a really long time. Not just because it’s the first pump from Aqua Illumination, not only because it was engineered by the…
AI Prime HD with HyperDrive gives people the power back
The Prime HD is a new LED light from Aqua Illumination which is the latest to get the HyperDrive treatment. Just under two year ago, Aqua Illumination introduced the HyperDrive power distribution system with the Hydra 26 and Hydra 52 and…
AI Prime Flex Arm for mounting the Prime LED
The Prime Flex Arm is a just-announced new method for simply and safely securing your AI Prime LED over your aquarium. The Prime Flex Arm is a high quality gooseneck mount which gives the Prime an incredible degree of freedom…
Exclusive: Aqua Illumination is using freaking robots to measure light
If you’ve got a modern controllable LED reef aquarium light on the market, you can’t market it to savvy reefers without at least divulging some of the specific levels of light intensity. As well-informed reefers, we want to know the…
Hydra HyperDrive LED interview with Aqua Illumination
The HyperDrive generation of the Hydra 26 & 52 HD LED light is the most significant advancement in high tech LED reef aquarium lighting in a long while. First introduced at MACNA a month ago, the HD edition of the…
Aqua Illumination’s 10-Prime LED array for their own show tank
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…
Hydra HD puts the Hydra 26 and 52 into ‘HyperDrive’
The Aqua Illumination Hydra HD is a next generation of Hydra 26 and Hydra 52 lights that look identical to their predecessors. The similarity of the new Hydra 26 HD and Hydra 52 HD is only superficial because there’s a host…
Aqua Illumination / Ecotech Marine Offer clearance possibly in advance of next-gen hardware
A late Summer clearance on Aqua Illumination LED products point to a refreshed lighting unit soon. The clearance savings is generally unheard of as the company tends to price their product at a premium and aggressively protect those pricing at…
Double unboxing of the AI Director and Hydra 52
The reef scene is currently being graced by the best, brightest, and most sophisticated aquarium LED lights that we’ve ever seen. Leading the pack of this advanced lighting future is the rich family of LED lights from Aqua Illumination, with…
