AquaIllumination SOL LED 3.0 firmware update now available as a free download

The third revision of the AI LED Sol firmware, version 3.0 just went live on the AquaIllumination website. There is a disclaimer that the firmware is not in final release stage just quite yet, there may be some minor bugs,…

Side mount bracket is a deal maker for the AI Nano Sol LED

The AI Nano Sol LED light is an exciting new size in the cutting edge Sol LED series. We first spotted the AI Nano Sol in person at MACNA and one of the first things that struck us is how…

AI Nano Sol LED light gets a hands on demonstration of the touch controls

[vimeo width=”670″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/14848145[/vimeo] The AI Nano Sol LED is a hot little number from Aqua Illumination which delivers on three channel control of the tricolor LED pucks, with top of the line internals and quality American design and construction. Although…

AI Wave LEDs hitting good PAR

We had the chance to play with the new AquaIllumination Wave LED tubes here at MACNA and while these are still preproduction units, their performance is quite impressive. Each segment of this the modular tube LED measures in at just…

AI LED upgrade kit now available for owners of the first generation AquaIllumination

If you were an early adopter of the original AquaIllumination LED aquarium light, you may have been wondering when AI would give it’s earliest customers the Cree XP LED makeover. The future availability of an upgrade kit was announced early…

Tricolor LED pucks for the AquaIllumination bring the standard and royal blues

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…

New AI Wave LED tube coming soon from AquaIllumination

The AI Wave Beam LED lighting tubes are a very exciting new supplemental LED lighting from the company which has so far focused on a core, high performance LED light. The AquaIllumination light is one of the most elegantly built…

Neptune Systems gets an iPad app, shipping Aqua Illumination module this summer, VorTech controller shortly

Neptune Systems has been busy releasing a series of modules including the Aqua Illumination controller that is scheduled to begin shipping this summer as well as being one of the first aquarium-related iPad apps released for Apple’s new device. While…

AquaIllumination teardown confirms Interchangeable LED puck

The newest AquaIllumination light is still one of the first aquarium LED lights using Cree XP-G LEDs to be widely available to reef aquarists. Since the completion of the ReefStock conference we’ve had a lot more time to give some…

New data shows the 74 watt AquaIllumination LED light is on PAR with a 14K 250 watt halide

It is common knowledge that X-PG LEDs from Cree are way more efficient than the old generation Crees but now that we have some real data to look at, we can really start to compare actual benchmarks. The data above…