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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…

PacificSun Helios metal halide fixture packs a lot of features for an HID lamp

It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard of news in the development of metal halide aquarium lights so the PacificSun Helios is the first new metal halide in a long while that makes High Intensity Discharge seem sexy again.…

Win a free USHIO Aqualite Metal Halide bulb at Reef-A-Palooza

With Reef-A-Palooza right around the corner, we’re starting to get wind of all the good things happening. We just got word from USHIO about a contest they are running at their booth where two lucky winners will win an Aqualite…

Coralvue dips its toes into making LEDs with three types of hybrid LED combinations

Coralvue may still be firmly entrenched in traditional lighting technologies, but it hasn’t stopped them from seeing that the future of aquarium lighting is quickly going towards more and more LEDs. To that end Coralvue has started developing a few…

Giesemann debuts Megachrome Crystal metal halide bulbs

The new Giesemann MEGACHROME crystal metal halide bulbs should be a good sign for metal halide lighting fans that the technology isn’t quite going away and there is still innovation in bulb design. This double-ended bulb is geared towards the…

LuXcore electronic selectable ballasts coming soon from Coralvue

Coralvue just announced its new LuXcore digital electronic metal halide ballasts featuring variable wattage selection to give you more flexibility in your lighting. Similar to the Galaxy ballast, the new Coralvue LuXcore ballasts allow you to switch between wattage…

Luxcore metal halide lamps coming soon from Coralvue, oddly only in mogul base

The Luxcore series of metal halide lamps from Coralvue are the latest entry into the HID lighting market for reef aquarium. The Luxcore metal halide lamps are only available in a mogul base form factor in 175, 250 and 400…

300 watt Plasma vs. 1000 watt halides compared over an 800 gallon SPS reef

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4fqg2bE3F8[/youtube] Plasma lighting is an exciting technology with extremely efficient light production. The latest crop of light emitting plasma fixtures using the Luxim ST 41 have better color rendition, a higher light output and they play nicer with…

Sunpulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halides are as small as 20 watts

SunPulse Nano Series Ceramic Metal Halide lamps are a new line of HID lights with sizes down to 20 watts. The SunPulse Nano Series metal halides come in 20, 35, 75 and 100 watts and in 3, 4, 6.5 and…

Radium metal halide bulbs possibly soon to be in short supply in the U.S.

New import regulations concerning the documentation of metal halide lamps means that there is possibly going to be a Radium bulb shortage. A 2009 law is now beginning to be enforced, causing the FDA to disallow HID lamps through customs…