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DE Lightings - attractive and affordable

We stumbled across DELightings.com on a foreign site and were pretty impressed with the quality and design. They are not minimalist by any stretch, but they can fit in the modern-industrial feel.
   
Their T5’s are similar to Fauna Marin’s Ultra Solaris but more attractive in our opinion. They would work great as a bolt in retro […]

ecosystem mini

Ecosystem has come up with a self enclosed nano system and clamp on style metal halide pendent. The halide is very similar to some popular italian landscaping lights we’ve seen, but the actual rotating bracket slightly distracts. Still, a nice option over the Coralife Clamp fixtures. If the price is right they will be popular among […]

new modern luminaire

Browsing Tuarrecife, we came across this pendent. Simple clean lines, exposed bolts, we find it to be one of the more attractive fixtures. The best part is it does not have the “spaceship” pendent look that is so common in the hobby. I know it will make a few feel the urge to say “I […]

lighting innovations

the japanese are at it again…with the recent development of self-ballasted metal halide spots, a few manufacturers have made them in a higher kelvin (10 & 14K) for reef applications.  these would be great for supplementing individual colonies on large tanks or core lighting for nanos. the clip system makes it easy to use and […]

new kz coral light

korallen zucht has changed their coral light T5 tube, with an increase in the blue spectrum. the previous bulbs were described as ~10K with the newest version being ~14K (perhaps to differentiate from ati?) luckily for those 24 & 60in users these will be available in all wattages. most of the kz line has proven […]

teaser shot

light rack is up. 150w MH spot and LED spot for supplement. we need to complete the wiring up in the lofted space…wiring will all be hidden, that’s next weekends project.