The light I am about to review showed up on the radar sometime last year and I had an opportunity to see it in person while attending 2019 ReefAPalooza in New York. New Jersey to be accurate, but only a short kayak trip across the Hudson River from New York. It’s called ReefApalooza New York [...]
True story: the AquaticLife booth was my absolute first stop at the 2019 Reefapalooza New York show. Reason- I wanted to see, in the flesh or, well, aluminum, the successor of the widely popular Hybrid T5 Light that the company introduced a few years ago, and found that it isn’t really a [...]
We introduced the new induction lamps by H.V. Innovation in early December. Soon after, we managed to acquire a sample to be tested. As you can see, the ceiling light is very strange. It's made with a T5 pipe and a Lumenarc reflector. The Lumenarc reminds us of the HQi, when it was the best [...]
I first met Alessandro on a Facebook aquarist group, and he always talked about a revolutionary product. During PetsFestival 2018 in Piacenza, Italy I got a chance to meet him in person and check out his lamps. H.V. Innovation is a new brand born from Alessandro's idea of exceeding the [...]
If my memory serves me correctly, my first aquarium was lit by a fluorescent lamp, most likely a fat T12 tube mounted on a shop fixture with no reflector, one that barely put out more useful lumens of light than an ordinary incandescent bulb. A few years later, I went high tech with my first [...]
When AquaticLife came out with their Hybrid Mounting Fixture about a year ago, I proclaimed it to be one of the most innovative aquarium lighting products of recent years and for me, that still holds true to this day. After all, it is the simplest and most affordable solution for those of us [...]
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Orphek announced today that their brand new Slimline, formerly called, T5 LED tubes are ready and shipping to dealers. If you've been watching and waiting for these sweet T5 replacements to hit the market, watch for them at your local Orphek [...]
