$5 LED light bulb shows there is always a need for mid-range lighting

We might like writing about LED lights and when we saw this article about a $5 LED light bulb we got pretty excited — until we read the fine print. Less power, no mercury and a longer lifespan are HUGE…

Cree XT-E Royal Blue Has a New Buddy

Cree has just announced what we have been anticipating for a while now; the XT-E white. While it’s not besting the XP-G in terms of overall output (it’s close) and efficiency, The XT-E white will bring some of the same…

JBJ Unibody 36, 54 and 108 makes for one happy family of LED aquarium lights

The JBJ Unibody 36 and Unibody 108 are smaller and larger iterations of the industrially machined LED reef light. The JBJ Unibody LED reef light hasn’t been shipping all that long but due to demand for the popular light, JBJ…

Change is good, a summation of a transition from metal halide to LED lighting

After reviewing the Mazarra LED light on a 180-gallon and the AI Nano LED on a 34-gallon, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about whether I’m happy with the transition overall. There are a lot of aquarist on the…

More images of the new Giesemann Teszla LED

More images of the upcoming Giesemann Teszla LED light fixture have emerged and we can tell you we are looking forward to getting our fins on one of these fixtures. As we mentioned earlier, the Tezla is the first fully…

Coralife showcases Aqualight LED with interactive 3D PAR map

The Coralife Aqualight LED is using some well thought out marketing to showcase the company’s new LED light. Besides incorporating a sleek and straightforward approach to giving you all the details on the light, Coralife has taken the time to…

New Cree XB-D LED Set to Lower Product Costs

The Cree XB-D LED just announced today is being released into the wild to start bringing high quality and high output LED fixtures down to a price range that will start to compete with the many budget fixtures that are…

LED showdown final pits Maxspect Mazarra against Ecotech Radion

The 2011 LED showdown is in its final leg with the Maxspect Mazarra defeating the Kessil A150W and the Ecotech Radion taking out Nano Box. So which one will prevail as our reader’s choice LED aquarium lighting product released in…

Who’s in the Final Four? Check to see in the 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown

So who made it down to the final four in the last vote off in the Reef Builders Reader’s Choice aquarium LED lighting showdown? Our latest round of votes was tabulated and we have the Maxspect Mazzara and Kessil A150W…

Elite Eight narrowed down in 2011 Aquarium LED lighting showdown

The votes continue to roll in here for our 2011 Reader’s Choice LED showdown. The first two rounds are complete and we have it narrowed down to the Elite Eight in this fun way for our readers to chose the…