by xeniaforever | Nov 16, 2017 | Equipment, Tanks
Aquatop has just released the Magnetic Aquarium Cleaner with LED, a product that is as innovative as it is practical; honestly, I’m surprised that no one has come up with this before! If you’re anything like me, you want your tank’s glass to be as... by danireef | Apr 28, 2017 | Equipment
The last product we reviewed was the GNC AM 466 (review) that, in spite of the price, has gained a lot of approval from aquarists around the world. Today, GNC presents a brand new project with some improvements, a ceiling light named GNC... by xeniaforever | Dec 8, 2016 | Equipment, Tanks, Technology
An exciting new product announcement from Orphek LED Lighting: the Orphek Amazonas 500 watt LED. Orphek is a leading supplier to public aquariums throughout the world. The most recent project was the public aquarium in the Jialong Port in China; the company was... by Saltwater Smarts | Aug 2, 2016 | Corals, Equipment, Opinion, Reef, Science
LED lighting is the latest addition on my reef aquariumRegular Saltwater Smarts visitors may recall that back in the spring of 2015, I closed down my 75-gallon reef tank and converted my 125-gallon (then) FOWLR tank to a reef system with the addition of some invertebrate livestock from the 75 and a Current USA metal halide/T5 combo light fixture donated by Caribbean Chris. Fast-forward to May of this year, and it was time to consider new lights. I was really pleased with the look of the lighting that the Current USA fixture produced. However, it did have a few drawbacks.For one, it was really heavy and required two people to remove for water changes and other tank maintenance. Also, the rather flimsy support legs used to mount the fixture on the tank weren’t really up to the task and broke quite easily. (Suspending the fixture from the ceiling was not an option and, according to my wife, could cost me my life.) Another issue was that the fixture—which, though new for me, was actually rather old by most people’s standards when I got it—was getting a bit buggy, with the switches failing one by one and some of the T5s working intermittently. Last but not least, running all those lamps and the fan to cool them was adding a considerable sum to our electric bill each month. by Marcin Smok | May 5, 2016 | Equipment, Industry, Opinion, Reef, Tanks, Technology
All photographs by author Every year, dozens of new LED panels are introduced to the aquarium markets, many of which never reach the American soil. Especially saturated is the “budget” LED lights segment; I’ve reviewed many such lights over the years and...
