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Vitrea’s Beautiful LED Light Gets Knocked Off with Zetlight

We suppose it was only a matter of time for Vitrea Orbital LED fixture to fall victim to copies, but this time it’s from an unknown source–Hong Kong based Zetlight.   Shown above we have the original, Italian designed fixture. Below we have the Zetlight, a newcomer to the LED market.

Zetlight is a new manufacturer that, [...]

Vertex Lumina LED Light to Ship in March

GBD has been informed that Vertex’s new Lumina LED aquarium light will begin shipping in March. The unit which we profiled last month will feature 16 LEDs per light engine, consisting of 8 white, 4 blue and 4 royal blue LEDs. Additionally, the unit will pack wireless connectivity to your home computer allowing ample control.
Due [...]

ORA Red Planet Gets LED Treatment, Will it Grow Under a 3w Blue LED?

As more and more data is released on LED aquarium lights there are still many who strongly believe they cannot grow SPS corals. On paper there should not be a problem, but for some the numbers are not enough. While not a true test, I was curious myself to see what type of coral growth would [...]

Hands On with IceCap’s T5 LED Retro

When I first saw IceCap’s T5 sized LEDs at MACNA I was a bit caught off guard. Patent issues aside, why would a company that has a track record of creating PAR-intense products (particularly ballasts) offer such an aesthetics only, non-intense, LED product? I admittedly did not get a chance to chat with IceCap [...]

Hands On with TMC’s Aquabeam 500 and 1000HD LED Light Modules

Late yesterday we received a large package and too much surprise it was TMC’s AquaRay line of aquarium LED lighting. These have been available in the UK for sometime now, but this is the first shipment of TMC LEDs to the US of A, through LAX wholesaler Quality Marine.
TMC kindly sent us two AquaBeam 500s [...]

TMC Developing Cree XP-G Based LED Aquarium Light

UK based Tropical Marine Centre (TMC ) has just released their Aqua Ray and Aqua Beam LED lights to the U.S market via Quality Marine and they have no plans on slowing down. GBD has gotten word that a shipment of Cree XP-G LEDs, PCBs and lenses have made their way to the UK factory. [...]