The Illumagic Style LED Mini and full fledged Fixture caught our eye at Interzoo 2014. Particularly once we learned about some of the distinguished features put into these lights. The Style Mini is a single cluster of LEDs in a…
Nyos pimps out their controllable skimmer with colorful LEDs
Nyos is expanding the Quantum skimmer to incorporate a controllable pump, and possibly with LED. They will still manufacture the Quantum with their standard pump, but they will soon have the option of a quieter and more efficient controllable AC pump.…
First look at new Unibody Lani LED from Triton Reef
The Unibody Lani LED is a spanking new solid state aquarium light from Triton Reef, which is uncompromising in its build quality, spectrum and light output. If you thought that Triton Reef takes reef aquarium additives seriously with its Reef…
Tunze LED full spectrum 8850 light bar
Tunze added the LED full spectrum 8850 bar to their lineup at Interzoo 2014. It comes equipped with 7 white (5000K), 7 blue (470/450nm), and 12 red Nichia and Osram LEDs; which provides the ability to adjust temperature from 5000K to…
Hands on & review of the Nano Box Reef Mini Tide LED light
The name Nano Box Reef has been around for a while, and is certainly making quite the splash in the aquarium world of late. With everything being hand built and customized in every degree, there is certainly a lot of…
Cree Smashes Efficacy Milestones Again; 303lm/W
Cree is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to improving the little solid state lighting devices that they are well known for. In a statement yesterday, they announced a new breakthrough in efficacy at 303lm/W. Some of…
Hands-on with LED Group Buy’s Lumia 5.2
Last year, LED Group Buy introduced the Lumia 5.1 to the DIY LED community, and has had great success with it. But while some loved the simple setup of this high power, full spectrum LED, there were others that were…
New Giesemann Futura-S LED gets performance boost
The new Giesemann Futura-S is getting a performance upgrade thanks to incorporating CREE X-series LEDs into the fixture. The updated light was designed with a modular approach each using 20 5W CREE X-series on each board without the need for secondary…
Reef Angel adds new PAR module to lineup
The Reef Angel controller is getting a new option that will allow you measure photosynthetic light in your tank and dial in your dimmable LED lights ‘on the fly’ to get the exact settings you want depending on your tank’s…
It’s Back! Let the 2013 LED Showdown Begin
It’s back! It’s January and that means it’s time for our annual jaunt down LED memory lane with the 2013 Reef Builders LED Showdown — so let the haters hate and the photon geeks rejoice. We’ve have a lot of…