New Alpha LED Lamp from PacificSun

The Alpha LED light is a new aquarium fixture design from PacificSun with an impressive peak power of 215 watts. While the fixture itself might be mostly a box design, PacificSun is trying out a new LED layout in the…

New CalcFeeder AC Mini from PacificSun

PacificSun really surprised us with their original CalcFeeder Pro which uses an optical sensor to automatically monitor dissolution rate, and now they’ve gone ahead and made an even smaller model. The CalcFeeder AC Mini is the newest model in their…

KH Lab Is PacificSun’s Take On The Alkalinity Controller

The KH Lab is the latest alkalinity controller to be revealed to the aquarium hobby, this time from PacificSun LED. PacificSun is throwing its hat into the ring with a fairly different take on what an alkalinity monitor as you’ll…

Pacific Sun software and firmware updates coming shortly

We just got word of a few software and firmware upgrades for Pacific Sun aquarium light owners that will be rolled out in the next few days. Firmware updates are listed below but it appears the software has some interesting…

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.…

Io LED contest finalists, help us pick the picture of the healthiest coral or fish

It was very tough but we’ve finally arrived at narrowing down the submissions for the Io LED pendant photo contest down to ten finalists. It wasn’t easy as there were a lot of great entries to this challenging photo contest…

PacificSun lights slated to get the Cree XP-G and XP-E royal blue LED makeover

The PacificSun LED printed circuit board above might seem innocuous enough but the excitement lies in the fact that those LEDs are Cree’s latest and greatest. PacificSun’s new panel will be using the highest performing XP-G whites at 130 lumens…