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OUR FIRST ATLANTIK OWNER SHOWS OFF HIS NEW ATLANTIKS Thiru, from Malaysia decided to replace his power hungry metal halides above his beautiful reef tank with our new Atlantik LED Pendants.  Thiru wanted to bring operating cost down and provide much better color for his reef inhabitants.  It has been just a few weeks since the […]

HOW TO ACCLIMATE YOUR CORALS TO ORPHEK HIGH INTENSITY LED LIGHTING In nature, corals bleach from changes in water temperature, increased radiance, changes in water chemistry, infections/diseases, sewage run- off, and toxins.  In well maintained reef aquariums bleaching can often occur after switching from another light technology (fluorescent/metal halide/HQI) which can result in spectrum changes and […]

GENEROUS ORPHEK DONATION BRINGS RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE TO REEF CLUB Orphek  recently donated one of our PR156XP LED Pendants to be raffled off at a Columbia Marine Aquarium Club conference.  Randy Elmore, the Vice President stated to us that:    “Your donation was the most sought after item we raffled off. Thank you so much. It […]

ANOTHER RETAIL STORE USING ORPHEK LED LIGHTING OVER THEIR FRAG AND CORAL DISPLAY TANKS More and more retailers are using Orphek LED Lighting in their retail stores and Dave Ryan is our latest customer. Dave Ryan, owner of AFK Reef Supplies located at 8 Oland Crescent, Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA is now using our new PR72 LED pendants […]

Orphek PR72 PLANTED LED PENDANT IS YOUR BEST SOLUTION FOR YOUR PLANTED TANK LIGHTING A beautifully aquascaped and planted freshwater tank is paramount to a reef tank in terms of beauty and attractiveness.  To maintain beautiful healthy plants, like corals, plants must have the correct lighting to grow and reproduce. The PR72 Planted LED Pendant […]

ORPHEK PR72 THE BEST REEF LED PENDANT FOR THE COST   The Orphek PR72 Reef , was introduced to the market at the MACNA Convention held in Dallas, Texas in September, 2012.  The high PAR and coverage ability pleased all who visited the Orphek Booth.   The PR72 was designed for smaller aquariums and frag tanks […]

ORPHEK WINS ROUND ONE IN REEFBUILDERS LED SHOWDOWN Giesemann Teszla/Futura vs. Orphek Nilus   Although the Orphek Nilus is no longer available, it did beat out the competitor it was matched with in Reefbuilders 2012 annual LED Showdown.  The Nilus has been replaced by the more powerful and feature rich Atlantik Four Channel Programmable LED Pendant.  […]

WHY Orphek DIF100 LED LIGHTING IS THE BEST LIGHTING FOR PUBLIC AND LARGE HOME AQUARIUMS Orphek has been producing LED lighting for nearly five years and we are very excited about our DIF100’s capabilities for both public and large home aquariums such as Pieter’s six meter reef tank which recently has been upgraded from metal halide lighting […]

WHY ORPHEK ATLANTIK EXCELLS AS THE BEST LED AQUARIUM LIGHT At the MACNA 2012 Marine Conference held in Dallas, Texas, Orphek unveiled its new Atlantik Four Channel Programmable LED Pendant which proved to be a huge success with reef aquarists.  A testament to this lies in the fact that our first production run of the […]

CUSTOMERS FIRE BACK TO ORPHEK  ABOUT THEIR NEW ATLANTIK PENDANTS We recently have compiled a questionnaire that we have been sending out to many new owners of our Atlantik LED Pendant asking for their feedback.  Carl M. is the first person to buy the new Atlantik LED Pendant and we will start with Carl’s response […]

ATLANTIK PRE PROGRAM ORPHEK NOW INCLUDES SELECTABLE PRE-PROGRAMMED PHOTOPERIODS IN OUR NEW ATLANTIK LED PENDANT After four years of intensive research involving different wavelengths/spectrums, and studying how corals grow and react to them, Orphek has now released their new Atlantik Programmable Pendant.  Our testing and research was not just conducted in our own coral labs but in […]

CORRECT SPECTRUM AND AMOUNT IS NEEDED FOR GOOD CORAL GROWTH At 40 meters or less, Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals are the major specie of corals found in well-lit tropical waters where massive structures exist which provide a critical habitat for the diverse abundance of reef fish and invertebrates. Coral structures change considerably with increasing depth which causes […]

THE CORRECT LIGHT SPECTRUM IS IMPORTANT FOR REEF AQUARIUMS Too often reef aquarists concentrate on providing ideal water chemistry that mimics that found on the reefs and less thought is given toward providing the ideal lighting spectrum for their corals.  Water chemistry on the reef is very stable as is the light spectrum that falls on […]

ATLANTIK BREAKS ALL LED PAR RATINGS Our new Atlantik LED Pendant is excelling in all fields of LED technology including spectral quality, features, and exceedingly high PAR/PUR levels.  At present, no other LED lighting manufacturer has produced a LED Pendant that exceeds the PAR/PUR level of our Atlantik. The Apogee Quantum Sensor was placed 2.4 […]

ORPHEK LED PHOTO ACCLIMATION MYTH OR FACT   Coral reefs are likely one of the harshest environments in the world in terms of the sun’s intensity and the UV/IR rays that are emitted.  Metal halide and HQI lighting can produce these same effects.  Although at a lower level than the sun, their emissions can still […]

CORAL COLOR and  FAST GROWTH = PR72 AND WATER CHEMISTRY The PR72 LED Pendant is one of Orphek’s latest products recently unveiled at MACNA 2012.  This milestone was fueled by Orphek’s desire to produce an affordable dimmable LED pendant which would fulfill the needs of many reefkeepers without sacrificing PAR/PUR values.   The PR72 uses […]

YOU’VE GOT DEEP, WE HAVE DIF100 We are hearing from more and more aquarists reporting their success with our DIF100 Pendants being used over their deep reef aquariums.   F. Samuel Slobusky who owns wetworkreefs Reefs in New Orleans, recently wrote to us describing with photos, his success with Orphek DIF100 LED lighting in his […]

NOTED AUTHOR BOB GOEMANS OFFERS FREE BOOK Bob Goemans, noted author of marine books and owner of the saltcorner.com web site has generously offered a 300,000 word, 1100 photo book free for the reading on his web site, www.saltcorner.com Bob has written for Marine Fish Monthly for over fourteen years and may have had the […]

ORPHEK PR156 PAR TESTING video AT MACNA 2012 Orphek booth visitors witnessed impressive PAR test results of our best selling pendant, the PR156XP.   The PR156XP is furnished with its own programmable timer which controls each of the individual channels of blue and white light.  A dimmable model is also available which plugs directly into […]

MACNA 2012 – Opening Day VIDEO Today Orphek was very busy proudly displaying their new LED products which include our PR72 Pendant and our new flagship, the Atlantik. Today’s video shows PAR testing being conducted on our PR72 Pendant which comes standard with a prewired cable with a RJ45 connector for use with digital light controllers […]