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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 […]

PAR Photosynthetically Active Radiation  400nm-700nm What is PAR? This can be a sticky subject, so let’s keep it simple and practical for us reef aquarists!  For our uses, PAR is the number of light quanta (particles of light, called photons) that fall in a square meter over the course of one second, that are in […]

About Wet Work LLC -New Orleans LA DESIGN wet work can answer all these questions for you. We will take the time to thoroughly discuss tank size, location, system access and installation, water storage, temperature control, and system electrical requirements. We will create equipment lists in varying price ranges without eschewing quality, and explain in […]

Thanks  bmcoh for sharing  your amazing tank.   Moshik’s reef with Orphek PR156 & DIF100B

Broad Spectrum LEDs From Orphek-by:marine-engineers It’s been accepted for years that we need blues and whites over our reef tanks to get the nice crisp white look and still the coral pop that our eyes love, but after a brief conversation with Orphek, it sounds like there may be other options. Their new diodes are […]

“We know MHL works, but LED can work better” coralmagazine-us In celebration of Coral Magazine’s upcoming issue focused on LED lighting, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a write up about LED lighting by Shawn Wilson (Mr. Wilson on Reefcentral and Canreef) and his company, Reef and Rainforest Design.  As many of you probably know […]

For Orphek New 2016 Super Blue Slim Line LED go to this page  https://orphek.com/super-blue-slim-line-led/ We’re happy to announce that our slimline LED fixtures (formerly called the T-5 LED tubes) are now available and shipping to dealers!  Available in 24, 36, 48, and 60″ lengths and two color options (15k white/460nmblue/UV-violet and 460nm blue/UV-violet) these fixtures […]

Orphek PR-156-UV Testing Here at Orphek we pride ourselves on offering as much information about our products (and their output!) as possible.  We believe the consumer should have as much information as possible before making a decision – and we’re also confident that after arming themselves with said information, our product will stand out as […]

How to program the PR-156 & PR-156W timer Questions or difficulties the Orphek PR-156 and PR-156W reef aquarium LED lights?  Look no further, this instructional video should help sort out any problems you may be having!

Marine Depot, the largest online seller of aquarium supplies now offers our full range of aquarium lighting products, including the PR-156, the PR-156W, the PR-25, the PR-ML7, and the PR-N7.  As a customer myself, I can say first hand that their service is excellent and we’re proud to have them as a dealer!

Here are some pictures from Sam at Wet Work LLC in New Orleans of our PR-156WB with our UV/True violet emitters over a custom installation his company installed.  Thanks, Sam!

Today we at Orphek are announcing our latest product: T-8 formfactor LED tubes that will fit into T-5 fixtures with our adapter (included).  Completely powered by the fixure with no additional power source needed, our LED tubes are available in 24, 36, and 48″ and emit 500 lumens per foot (compared to 400/foot for normal […]