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Lighting the Aquarium: Orphek’s Atlantik V4 LED Luminaire – Photosynthetically Active and Usable Radiation By Dana Riddle Lighting an aquarium would be a simple affair if only aesthetic considerations mattered, however advanced aquarists’ goals often include husbandry of plants, algae, corals and other photosynthetic organisms. To that end, it was originally suggested that only ‘intense’ […]

SPS reef tank lighting made simple and stable. You may have already caught the latest BRS TV episode that focuses on lighting; episode 11. The series has been developed to cover all key aspects of a new reef tank set up based on a number of options at various budgets. In this episode they explore […]

Orphek Atlantik V4 reviewed  by a client form south Africa Before I had the Orpheks over my tank I just had a marine aquarium with half colored and dull looking corals. I tried all the micro nutrient dosing that I could find to try and color up the corals. I tried different makes of LED’s, […]

Buy at Bulkreefsupply – Stock of the Atlantik V4 is going really fast so don’t miss the opportunity ! click on this link to go to BRS shop : https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/aquarium-lighting/aquarium-led-lighting/orphek.html?scrollTo=436 Check out what clients think about the Atlantik V4 Gen 2 Best LED I have seen so far By TPack on 11/21/2018 TPACK would recommend this product to a friend […]

Best LED Lights for Reef Tank 2018-2019 Review Thanks Ryan Cunningham for making such an awesome review. Ryan has 2 units of Atlantik V4 Gen 2, one unit of Atlantik Compact V4 gen 2 and 2 units of OR120 Bar – Blue Sky Hello my name is Ryan Cunningham and I am a coral addict. […]

Lighting the Aquarium Part 7: Photosynthetically Usable Radiation By Dana Riddle Photosynthetically Usable Radiation (PUR) is a portion of the spectrum that promotes photosynthesis. It is generally considered to be a subset of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR, defined as that light between 400 and 700nm), but this is only partially correct as some Ultraviolet-A wavelengths, […]

Orphek Atlantik V4 the best LED light for Coral growth and color Recently we have received what we feel is one of the best demonstrations of what Orphek Atlantik V4 Gen2 Reef lights will do for your reef tank.  The submitter we will call Reef Glow 19 and his You Tube video can be found […]

Lighting the Reef Aquarium Part 6: Coral Coloration – A Primer By Dana Riddle This colorful Acropora species is not fluorescent – the proteins it contains preferentially reflect red and blue light, making it appear purple. When I managed a commercial coral farm in the 1990’s, we were content just to grow corals and propagate […]