Quantitative Comparison of Lighting Technologies: Metal Halide, T5 Fluorescent and LED
Lighting technologies for reef aquarium have come a long way since I first started in the hobby about 20 years ago. Back then there were very few choices and 43... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of Metal Halide Lamps: AquaMaxx 14000KÂ Series
Recently Marine Depot (www.marinedepot.com) introduced a new line of AquaMaxx 14000K lamps. The lamps are available in 400W, 250W and 175W mogul versions, as we... Read more.
Product Review: New Electronic Ballasts – Lumatek, Galaxy and Vertex
Recently the choice of electronic ballasts available to the reef hobbiest has increased beyond the earlier choices of Icecap, EVC, Reef Fanatic, and Blueline el... Read more.
Product Review: Analyzing Reflectors: Lumenbrite III, Lumenmax Elite, Lumenmax, and Lumenarc III
Since the last set of reflector tests a few more new reflectors have been introduced in the market. These new reflectors all carry the “Lumen” name ... Read more.
Product Review: Spectral Analysis of 400 Watt Mogul Metal Halide Lamps: Ushio 14000K, Icecap 400W Series, Elios 10000K
Over the last year, I have continued to test the metal halide lamps, for their performance and spectral output. This article presents the last of the 400W mogul... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of 150 Watt DE Lamps: Giesmann, Icecap, Iwasaki and Elos
This article reviews the last of the 150W double ended metal halide lamps tested for their performance and spectral output. Table 1, provides a complete listing... Read more.
Metal Halide Lamps – Aging Over Time: XM, EVC and Giesmann Coral 400W Mogul Lamps
In my earlier articles , I evaluated data on used metal halide (MH) lamps in an effort to get a better understanding of how lamps age over time, with an intent ... Read more.
Top Down Photographing Techniques and Equipment for Corals in a Reef Aquarium
Every reef aquarist has observed that corals in the aquarium look the most colorful and vivid when viewed looking down into the tank from the top of the aquariu... Read more.
Product Review: Spectral Analysis of Aquarmckzo and Catalina Metal Halide Lamps
This article presents an analysis of the Aquarmckzo and Catalina metal halide lamps. The lamps tested along with the ballasts used are shown in Table 1 below. T... Read more.
Product Review: Spectral Analysis of CoralVue Reeflux 120000K and and Reef Optics Metal Halide Lamps
This article presents the spectral analysis of the six lamps and their corresponding ballasts as listed in Table 1. These lamps were tested using the id... Read more.