Do blue LEDs narrow our reefkeeping choice?

I’m lucky enough to be able to dive some of the best reefs the ocean gods have given us, but there is not a single dive that I pass a coral or a fish, and wonder why they are not…

SeaLife Introduces Two Mini Dive Lights At DEMA 2017

SeaLife Sea Dragon Mini 900 SeaLife introduces two new mini dive lights at this year DEMA show. The new SeaLife Sea Dragon Mini 900 comes in standard white as well as an exciting new fluoro light. The Sea Dragon Mini…

Five Ways To Go Beyond The Basics Of Aquarium Lighting

I can clearly remember a time when understanding light on our aquariums was more like trying to wrap your head around alchemy than actual science. We discussed light in number of tubes, watts per gallons, and trichromatic, actinic and daylight…

Watching light, at the speed of light

For his inaugural post Clive Bentley brings us a glimmer of the future with an extremely forward-looking post about a new breakthrough in light recording that could revolutionize how we see the physical and biological world in the future.  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtsXgODHMWk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] While this…

One day, we might grow corals with frickin’ laser beams.

The hot new lighting technology is LED. But are Laser Diodes in our future? BMW announced in a press release, that it intends to replace LED headlights with Laser diode headlights in the future. The reason for the future switch…

Reef Capable LED from Marineland should begin shipping to retailers this week

The Reef Capable LED is the second generation solid state light from Marineland which is a huge improvement over the first Double Bright LED. Although the Reef Capable LED could use a little more blue for reef applications, this LED…

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 Ecoray LED Lighting System to join Reefstock LED Showcase

Virtually every LED light system for reef tanks will be featured at this year’s Reefstock. So it is my pleasure to introduce the Ecoray High Power LED light from Naxandra Inc. This light has been in development over the last…

Dennerle’s first new Nano saltwater light, more to come?

Dennerle is a company out of Germany that produces aquarium products in the freshwater world. They might have taken the first step in positioning themselves into the saltwater market. Their first new light shown above was released recently for nano…

Kotobuki Eco LED Light Stick in Japan for ¥2,980

Another day, another LED light. This light made by Kotobuki is being released in Japan and offers a slim and compact unit that actually looks quite slick. The Kotobuki LED light is rated at only 3 watts so its best…