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Aqua Illumination Prime 16 HD

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Reef:

The New AI Prime 16HD shares the same cluster as the Hydra 32HD and Hydra 64HD. The Prime 16HD incorporates 16 LEDs (+1 Moonlight) and an all new TIR optic.

What's New:

• More LEDs

• More PAR

• More Spread

• Improved Optic Design

• Improved Water Resistance

• Thinner Form Factor

• Dedicated Moonlight Channel

• Wider Spectrum (more channels)

Prime Time:

• Fully programmable including channel control, intensity and timing from your smartphone. (myAI®)

• BLE onboard – no additional hardware required for programmable control.

• Onboard button control for basic adjustment.

• Utilize all current Prime Mounting Hardware including – Prime Mount, Prime Flex Arm 12”, Prime Flex Arm 18” and the Prime hanging Kit.

• Add them to your myAI profile and create a schedule to coordinate with other AI fixtures.

Design:

Redesigning the plastics in the Prime and Hydra lineup has resulted in two major benefits: better efficiency and better aesthetics. Efficiency improvements reduce the demands on active cooling for longer component life. Improvements to design thin the fixtures and reduce their profile and presence over your aquarium.

Resilient:

Water resistance is a major benefit in aquarium lighting - and while the new Primes are not waterproof, design improvements make them more capable of facing the moisture rich adventures of reef keeping.

Moonlight:

A dedicated moonlight LED and channel has been added in the new Prime HD modules. This allows for independent moonlighting designed to simulate the natural lunar color and intensity.

Control:

Control on the lights will use the existing myAI® app which is free, simple and very quick to program offering onsite direct BLE connection through your smart device. Additional control options may become available for the new generation Prime and Hydras over time.

Optics and Output:

Output in terms of PAR, color mixing and spread are all improved with the new fixtures. The incorporation of more LEDs results in a more targeted full spectrum, TIR lenses shape the light’s output and improve its efficiency. The result is more color POP as well as a slightly wider output area and higher average PAR. A combination LED placement and lens geometry blend the light from the clusters so that color separation is further reduced.

HD:

AI’s popular HD functionality, through which a user can route power not in use by one color channel into another color channel is a much loved feature on the previous generation HD fixtures. As the new name implies, all the new HD lights retain this exciting feature.

Mounting:

Mounting hardware as previously available for Prime fixtures will work with the new version lights. The Flex arm bracket will change with the new fixtures. Older flex arms being used to mount the new lights will need a new light bracket.

Specs:

Dimensions: 4.88 x 4.88 x 1.3in Wattage: 60W # of LEDS: 16 (+ 1) Color Channels: 7 (+1) - 4 Cool White - 4 Blue - 4 Royal Blue - 1 Photo Red - 1 Green - 1 Violet - 1 UV - 1 Moonlight

Freshwater:

Freshwater Spectrum - This is a Freshwater LED not recommended for Saltwater.

This is the new AI Prime 16HD Freshwater LED.

Bluetooth via BLE - No more WIFI

The myAI® app will connect through your phone to the AI LED using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in order to setup and program schedules and settings.

Fuge:

Looking for the Perfect Refugium LED?

Look no further.

The main driver of primary production in most ecosystems is photosynthesis. Plants, ranging from miniscule phytoplankton to hulking mangroves, carry out the bulk of photosynthesis in most ecosystems. Since each plant species is adapted to the particular light conditions of its natural habitat, growth rates are highest under specific types of illumination. Very different lighting is required in different applications. To obtain optimal health and yield, artificial lighting should meet these criteria as closely as possible. An artificial lighting system must also be sufficiently intense. Perhaps most importantly,

it should also generate the right balance of light wavelength. The AI Fuge Light is specially designed for excellent performance and controllability in planted refugium applications. Where very bright light must pass through deep waters or shady plant canopies, and the spectral output should be as fitting for plants/algae as possible, the AI Fuge refugium grow light excels.

What can the AI Fuge Light do?

Designed specially to promote plant growth, the AquaIllumination Fuge Light is appropriate in almost any refugium application. Though it is quite compact, this advanced LED grow light is significantly more powerful than other aquarium refugium lights. This specialized fixture delivers high-intensity lighting with an emphasis on the red spectra for healthy plant growth. The result is lush, fast-growing foliage over the entire plant or vegetative mass. The range of LED colors includes Cool White (CREE XP-G2), Photo Red (CREE XP-E), Red (CREE XP-E2) and UV (Liteon 430nm). Includes power supply. See below for more information.

Bluetooth via BLE - No more WIFI

The myAI® app will connect through your phone to the AI LED using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in order to setup and program schedules and settings.

Sol Blue White:

Basic Beauty

A decade ago AI released the first aquarium LED light that proved LED technology was ready to grow coral - the AI Sol. With blue and white LEDs the Sol’s spectrum provides enough energy at the blue peaks while the white LEDs fill the rest of the spectrum that coral needs to survive and thrive. A decade of LED advancement and the same proven output can be produced from the attractive and compact Prime Sol. The bonus being that giving up some of the color rendition present in current wide spectrum fixtures means less channels and less cost. The Prime Sol is both a nod to the heritage of the AquaIllumination brand’s first LED fixture and also an answer for those looking for a no frills coral growing solution.