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    Ecoxotic Photon Cannon and Edison’s 50w LED

    Ecoxotic Photon Cannon 50w LED Last week I had the pleasure of talking to the D.C. based WAMAS club on modern aquarium lighting–with the focus being LEDs. After the talk I was asked by a few inquisitive reefers, what my honest thoughts were on the new Ecoxotic Photon Cannon LED spotlight that has just started [...]

    July 19, 2010
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    First User Video of the Vertex Illumina SR 1200 LED Light

    The new Vertex LED light has changed its name from the Lumina to the Illumina, but the internals and design have stayed the same. Check out this new video from Glassboxer TheDogFather, of the light in action–simulating a variety of control options. This is one of the first production units to hit consumers hands, however, [...]

    July 8, 2010
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    New AquaMedic AquaSunSpot LED Spotlights

    Generic, cast aluminum LED spotlights are here compliments of Aqua Medic’s AquaSunSpot LED spotlights. It was only a matter of time until aquarium companies started bringing in these cast style PAR style LED spots. They are incredibly cheap and there are literally hundreds of factories and distributors marketing these throughout Asia. Now we cant say [...]

    July 7, 2010
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    Arcadia Eco-Aqua LED Tubes Replace T8 Fluorescents

    Cheer up England, you may have just had your worst World Cup exit, as predicted by an Octopus, but on the brighter side of things you you can now replace your old T8s with Arcadia’s Eco-Aqua LED tubes. Okay, maybe that’s not much solace, but you’re crazy is you sack Capello. If he couldn’t do [...]

    June 29, 2010
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    WavePoint’s 35w Xenon HID Spotlight “Coming Soon”

    WavePoint has a new 35w HID spotlight that the company says is “coming soon”. The lamp used is actually a 35w Xenon gas discharge bulb, commonly used in cars. Angel eyes not included. The entire fixture is actually not very new at all. It has been available in Japan for sometime under the Aqua System [...]

    June 23, 2010
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    Simple Elos E-Luxe Pendent Pairs Metal Halide with LED

    Leave it to Elos to make a simple, low profile aluminum light fixture for the masses. Shown above is the new Elos ELuxe light fixture which pairs double ended metal halides with LED blue supplements.  Shown here is the 150w DE Metal Halide, which is flanked by 8 blue LEDs on each side. This particular [...]

    June 4, 2010
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