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Orphek PR156 LED Review by James Gasta November 2010 Orphek’s Pr-156 Power Reef LED Pendant http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/WWMDigitalMagV1Ish3.htm   Please note that the following is a personal review by respected WWM crewmember James ‘Salty Dog’ Gasta. His opinions are his own and not those of WetWebMedia and should not be taken as any kind of promotion or endorsement. […]

CaptiveReefs Nano Contests WIN The New Orphek DIF 50 XP , Orpehk DIF 50 20K and New PR 25 XP       2012 Nano Contest Contest Dates Here is the schedule: Stocking Period: January 9 to February 26, 2012 Last Day to add Livestock: April 30, 2012 Last Day of Contest: June 4, 2012 […]

Orphek DONATED all LEDs light to Children’s Hospital in NY Aquatic Exhibits International install a Dual 3,500gal marine aquarium the “Ying and Yang” shaped tanks at a Children’s Hospital in upstate NY. Orphek DONATED all of the Aquarium LEDs light units we used to light them! The pic makes them look darker but they actually light the […]

PAR TEST READINGS – By Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D.  (Feature Article: LED Lighting Tests: ) Orphek PR-156 UV LED Array “The Orphek array PR-156 is one of the newer models that includes 4 UV LEDs, in addition to the blue and white LEDs. A total of 60 LEDs running at around 2W each make up the complete array. As […]

Coral Fluorescence under UV orphek ML7 Here’s the answer to the dimming question… Quick Overview The PR-25 is a PAR38 formfactor bulb (screws into a normal light socket) and is a 70-150w halide pendant replacement. The PR-25 LED pendant produces a similar amount of PUR (photosynthetically useable radiation) as does a 150w metal halide bulb, […]

PAR test led lighting Orphek PAR Readings by Clients Orphek PR156 by James Gasta “First impressions My first impression of the Orphek PR-156 was that it is extremely bright; you could not look directly at the LEDs, much the same effect as looking directly at a metal halide or HQI lamp, you cannot. The quality of materials […]

Orphek LED lighting Review By: chemsol Here is a brief review of the Orphek DIF-100, DIF-30 pendants and T8 bulb. I ran a single DIF-100 18k and a single DIF-30 Blue side by side with my Maxspect g2 160 for nearly 3 months. 2 weeks ago I hung the additional DIF-100 and DIF-30 plus added a […]

Saltwater Tank mixed reef 1350 gal   Link: http://petersfishtank.com Display Tank Lighting Lighting consists of three Aqua Medic units and sixteen Orphek PR-156 units. All the Aqua Medic Metal Halide/T5 units will soon be replaced with new LED units from Orphek. Our plan is to go 100% LED. Each Orphek PR-156 lamp consists of 2 […]

Reef Tank LED Shimmer Effect Looking at new LED lighting options for a reef tank ! Question:  what the best led’s are for getting the shimmer effect ? Answers : Shimmer will occur with any single point source light, combined with water movement at the surface The more turbulent the surface, the more shimmer you will get. This […]

Orphek PR156XP Reviewed By marine-engineers.org Orphek PR156XP Reviewed By marine-engineers.org Awhile ago I mentioned that I was purchasing a PR156 for review, and after having the fixture for a while now, I feel I’m finally ready to give you the details. This fixture, and this whole company for that matter, get some interesting press, so I decided to […]

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SPS reef tank under orphek led lighting Photo credits: Kristian Hennig About Corals Ingredients for Good Coral Growth and Color About Light, Coral, and Photosynthesis Many factors can affect coral growth; lighting, water temperature, feeding strategies, and water chemistry all have an affect coral growth and their appearance. Proper lighting is one of the most important […]

Review Orphek PAR Readings by Clients – Orphek LED Lighting Orphek PR156 review by James Gasta “First impressions My first impression of the Orphek PR-156 was that it is extremely bright; you could not look directly at the LEDs, much the same effect as looking directly at a metal halide or HQI lamp, you cannot. The quality of […]

Orphek DIF series  units installed by Wet Work LLC of New Orleans, Louisiana   over a 42″ deep, 479-gallon reef system replacing 1600 watts of metal halide.           Each side consists of one Orphek DIF 100 18k with 90 degree lens one Orphek DIF 100 25k  with 90 degree lens and one Orphek […]

Orphek PR25 UV Photo credits: Avinoam Swissa    

Corals Photos of Orphek client’s tanks – Part Two Avinoam Swissa Reef Tank size :70 cm X 70 cm X 70 cm = 27.6 in X 27.6 in X 27.6 in We at Orphek would like to thank Avinoam Swissa for sending us these amazing pictures, and also for authorizing us to publish them in our website. Thank you! […]

Comments and Photos of Orphek client’s tanks – Part one “It took me maybe 5 minutes to figure out the timer, pretty easy the only negative is the button are very close together and small so sometimes you hit 2 button at once. No big deal really, how often do we mess around with timers, the […]

Being A Better Reefer: Know Your LEDs Posted on September 9, 2011 by Jared Goldenberg :  Reefs.com                       Before I start, I want to be clear that this will not serve as an advertisement for any company and I won’t be targeting any company specifically as either good or […]

PUR Photosynthetically Useable Radiation 400-550 nm (violet, blue) and 620-700 nm (red) PUR differs from https://orphek.com/pur-photosynthetically-useable-radiation/ because the basic definition of PAR is any light in a specific frequency range.  PUR is the usable portion of PAR, and different photosynthetic species will have a different PUR range to which they respond. For example:  you are given a […]