The AI Nano featured a new LED cluster array, with the first onboard LED controls through the form of capacitive buttons. It would be a little while until we saw another new LED light from AI, with the AI Nano being the first LED light that AI developed specifically for smaller reef tanks. AI Sol LEDs were backed-ordered for months at a time, and everybody had to get their hands on some.
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The AI Sol was a very successful LED aquarium light, so much so that for the next few years Aqua Illumination had to learn how to mass produce their product on a bigger scale than ever. Shortly after the AI SOL, AI introduced the Sol Blue featuring a tricolor pattern of two shades of blue to one color of white, setting the precedent for blue-heavy light color from LED lights that would come to be the new standard spectrum for nearly all LED lights made for the reef aquarium. The AI Sol was the first really successful aquarium LED light on the market, becoming a workhorse controllable LED light the world over. The AI Sol and new controller were much more streamlined than the Module LED that came before it, and the Sol was the first to use super bright Cree XPG LEDs.Īt the time the promise of the longevity of light emitting diodes was still a glimmer in our eyes, and we took it on faith that the LEDs would last as long as they do. See also Luxdium Replacement LED Pucks for AI Prime & HydraĪfter the introduction of the Aqua Illumination LED Module, AI launched the AI Sol and a new controller, both of which took advantage of the rapid pace of progress in electronic and LED components.
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While the first Aqua Illumination LED had multi-channel control accessible via a built-in serial port, just like what used to be found on most computers, the Aqua Illumination LED Module featured a fully fledged controller. The Aqua Illumination LED Module was a seminal moment in reefkeeping LED lighting history, being the first to introduce a modular approach to LED fixtures. The Aqua Illumination LED was quite literally the second such controllable LED aquarium light offered to the hobby, and it was brighter, thinner, and much more affordable than the PFO Solaris that has since faded away into history. With only a single model of LED light available, it was not necessary to come up with a different product name to differentiate it, and the ‘AI’ acronym for the company name hadn’t yet come into common usage.
Our first face to face encounter with Aqua Illumination occurred at Reefapalooza 2007, where the fledgling AI was demonstrating their “Aqua Illumination LED”. But if we take a long view at what the aquarium hobby started with, it’s easy to see how aggressively AI has led the charge to make LED lights that are veritably, space-age.Īqua Illumination started making LED lights like so many other companies, as a start up, working out of basement, and hand assembling nearly all of their light’s components. Nowadays it’s easy to take for granted how feature rich and high performance the current generation of AI Hydra 26 & 52 HD LEDs have become. Naturally, to understand where AI is going, we wanted to be reminded of where they’ve been, and so we rummaged the AI factory offices to round up one example of every LED fixture that Aqua Illumination has ever made and brought to market (not including the Flare LED). This week we travelled to Aqua Illumination headquarters to spend some time with the crew, wrap our head around the new AIFI, myAI and HyperDrive features of the new Hydra 26 HD and Hydra 52 HD LEDs. Aqua Illumination is the oldest aquarium company around today that has always been specifically dedicated to designing and building LED reef aquarium lights.
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