LED lights for our reef aquariums have gotten really, really good in recent years and we’ve seen many great offerings from a diversity of aquarium companies. While most of these fixtures have converged on a similar blueprint and design for…
Aurora LED puck kit from RapidLED approximates a single Radion cluster
The Aurora LED puck from Rapid LED is a DIY kit which closely models the arrangement of the Radion LED cluster. Going so far as to use the actual Radion cluster lens, the Aurora LED Puck offers four channels of…
Build My LED aims to satiate your purple desires
As coral nuts, we have an incredible appetite for blue and purple lighting. The short wavelengths help our fluorescent colors pop and flood our rooms with the calming glow. To satiate our hunger for the purple lighting, Build My LED analyzed one of…
Reef LED Lights T-slot heatsink allows easy LED instalation without the drilling or tape
The design of the new Reef LED Lights T-slot heatsink is very simple, it really is just a heatsink with “t-slots” as the name implies. But just because something is simple, doesn’t mean it is worth some closer inspection. The Reef…
Build My LED launches at MACNA, allows you to DIY design your custom LED array at a great price
LED light strips are starting to become the status quo for most aquarium lighting manufacturers and besides, they allow hobbyists to tap into LED lighting at an affordable price point. One of the more innovative ideas we’ve seen was just…
Lawrence Chan’s SPS reef from Hong Kong
Lawrence Chan’s SPS reef is just a plain nice looking SPS dominated aquarium. Great coloration, enough room for the corals to grow and a big hammer dominating the scape make this aquarium a pleasure to look at. Located in Hong…
Hands on with the MakersLED DIY heatsink & fixture
The MakersLED DIY heatsink kits have been out on the market now for a few months, and are getting very well received by the public so far. With a very reasonable price, multiple length options, and a ton of well…
MakersLED aims to bring more performance and features to DIY LED kits
MakersLED is a new company started up to give DIY LED reefers a little more fit and finish to diodes they assemble for their reef tank lighting. We really love the idea of DIY LEDs being available to the masses…
Modular LED makes it easy to be a DIY demon
Modular LED is taking the pain out of putting together DIY LED aquarium lights. DIY has always been a huge component in the hobby and many people have been doing their own Frankenstein rigs of LED lights. Anyone that’s put…
ProfiLux LED Control 4 allows PWM drivers in DIY LEDs, think thunderstorm mode
ProfiLux is set to release a new LED control module that will allow you to control DIY type LED Systems. This isn’t a standard on/off control, but much more advanced. Think full functionality for weather pattern modeling including lightning, this…
