Coralvue has launched a T5/LED hybrid fixture that incorporates your typical T5 HO fluorescent system but adds to it high power one watt blue LEDs. Given the highly positive feedback users are reporting with blue LED supplementation, these fixtures are…
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Exclusive first look at the Omega Kone external cone skimmer from Vertex
The Alpha Kone protein skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik was one of the most popular cone protein skimmers launched this time last year. The Omega Kone is the big brother to the Alpha Kone series, offering a similar style of design…
Grassy Glow 25,000 K metal halide bulb from Volx Japan hits the mark for blue light addicts
The Grassy Glow Super Blue 25,000 K metal halide bulb from Volx Japan with the potential to take blue reef lighting up to eleven. Although we consider ourselves evangelists of LED reef aquarium lighting, we promise we haven’t given…
Apogee MU-200 Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation meter with pink faceplate
The MU-200 is a UV radiation meter from Apogee which follows in the design of the recently refreshed Apogee QM-200 PAR meter. Like the much sleeker body and modern-quality LCD display of the PAR meter, Apogee’s MU-200 includes a separate…
LeDio Mystery Purple and NanoCustoms PAR 38 LED spotlights tango in these videos of azoox corals
The Ledio Mystery Purple LED spotlight from Volx Japan is one which we compared to many LED spotlights including the PAR 38 lamp from NanoCustoms which will be familiar to new and old Reef Builders readers alike. The Mystery purple…
NanoSun 15 watt multichip LED spotlight from Econlux
The NanoSun fromEconlux is a multichip LED spotlight that brings a 15 watt photon engine to the court of reefing. If you’ll recall, Econlux, is the company which made a big showing at InterZoo 2010 with it’s SinglePower 100 watt…
New Grassy LeDio 27 watt LED spotlight
The Grassy LeDio line of LED spotlights from VolxJapan just got more “oomph” with the new Grassy LeDio 27 version in two reefing flavors recently. The new lamps feature 27 watts of output via nine Cree Xp series LEDs running at 3…
Video of the X-inout in action at the Xaqua InterZoo booth
X-aqua X-Inout device instantly struck us as one of the most innovative and potentially very popular marine aquarium products of InterZoo 2010. The X-inout looks inocuous enough but something about the fluid dynamics of the return part of the device…
AquaConnect’s new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums
AquaConnect has released their new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums. The lamp features a modern glass shade that can be easily hung above your aquarium and will give you high light output and “long lamp life.” The lamp…
ReefStock 2010 pictures part 2: so many LEDs under one roof
With over 30 aquarium LED products showed off by more than 15 companies at this year’s ReefStock, were going to go ahead a call it: The future is now and LED lighting has truly arrived to the aquarium world. Spotlights,…