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A lot of misinformation floats around the interwebz on reef aquarium lighting. Thankfully we have PAR meters and spectrometers that provide objective evidence to the other wise extremely subjective evidence aquarists use to claim bulbs, ballasts and reflectors better than one another. Here are 3 sites you should know when making reef [...]
As LEDs become more and more advanced, so are the ways lighting designers are implementing them into their work. Take a look at the Tunto LED wooden lamp designed by Mikko Kärkkäinen. It is completely smoothed, with all wiring and circuitry done inside the oak ply. Intensity is controlled by the user via touch activation [...]
One of the most dominate players in LED lighting, CREE has announced the XP-G LED that will soon be the industry’s “brightest and highest-efficiency lighting-class LED”. The cool white XP-G LED hits 132 lumen per watt when driven at 350mA, for total output of 139 lumens. For PAR demanding reefers, when driven at 1A (~3w) [...]
Enjoy some updated photos of the Luxim emitter Todd and Bret of Cherry Corals are testing out, compliments of Aqua Illumination. (For more information on plasma lamps and additional photos of the unit, see out original coverage here: Plasma Light for Reef Aquariums.) The emitter being used is a Luxim STA-40 series, currently tested with a Lumenarc [...]
Jeremy at Reef Specialty shared these photos of a new hybrid lighting unit that pairs Lumenbright Metal Halide reflectors with two banks of T5s and LEDs for moon lighting. This combination is not a radically new idea, but it is the first time that a reflector of this calibre (e.g. Lumen Bright, Lumenarc, LumenMax) has [...]
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