Orphek V4 Setting
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Hi,
My name is Markus and I am from Austria.
It may help if I show you my schedule (Channel 1).
Can you please explain why you think the schedule you use is good? What corals do you have? Just a snapshot leaves too much in question as to why you have your light schedule set to that particular setting. Also, it would be much more helpful to post pics of all 4 channels with the times. I can follow the graphs but it takes a whole lot more Jethro Bodine cyphering. Also, do you run any clouds?
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Thanks for sharing your schedule!!Hi,
My name is Markus and I am from Austria.
It may help if I show you my schedule (Channel 1).
Would you mind sharing a picture of your aquarium so we can see how your coral looks
I set mine up as close to what Marcus posted above. I would like to see his actual channel pics to make sure I got it right. Its close though. I just wanted to check it out and see how it looked and if it eliminated some of the pinkish/purple I get during the wind down after 6. It is still there but not quite as bad.
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Cloud mode works on other intensities, I'm using coral color+growth which i think is around 80%. I just set the strong clouds 12-5
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Cloud mode works on other intensities, I'm using coral color+growth which i think is around 80%. I just set the strong clouds 12-5
I have a couple of Question if you wouldn’t mind. How high are your light(s) mounted, and were do you have your par meter located. (PMK I assume). Atlantik V4 ?
Karl
Hi guys,
I need a little help. I have a tank that is 8m long x 1.0m front and back x 1.2m high. I am using 8 ATP 300 orphek lights. The tank is outdoor but it doesn't have direct sunlight. The tank parameters are
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite -0ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Phosphates - 0.08ppm
pH- 8.1
KH- 7.6dkh
Calcium- 460ppm
Magnesium- 1400ppm
Due to it placement at the outdoor. I switch light only in the evening from 5pm to 11pm at 100% all four channels. The problem is that the tank gets covered with brown algae on the rocks and acrylic panels. i cannot understand why this happens. There is coralline algae growing on the front acrylic panels but not on the rocks. Can any one explain why is this? I have reduced the intensity from 100% to 25, 35, 20 and 15 %.
Why is the coralline algae growing on the panel and not on the rocks?
I need a little help. I have a tank that is 8m long x 1.0m front and back x 1.2m high. I am using 8 ATP 300 orphek lights. The tank is outdoor but it doesn't have direct sunlight. The tank parameters are
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite -0ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Phosphates - 0.08ppm
pH- 8.1
KH- 7.6dkh
Calcium- 460ppm
Magnesium- 1400ppm
Due to it placement at the outdoor. I switch light only in the evening from 5pm to 11pm at 100% all four channels. The problem is that the tank gets covered with brown algae on the rocks and acrylic panels. i cannot understand why this happens. There is coralline algae growing on the front acrylic panels but not on the rocks. Can any one explain why is this? I have reduced the intensity from 100% to 25, 35, 20 and 15 %.
Why is the coralline algae growing on the panel and not on the rocks?
McPuff
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Want to jump in here. Really interested in Orphek products. Trying a couple smaller versions on my attached lagoon (40gal) to see how that goes. I'd really like to light my DT (300DD) with the Atlantiks or even the P300 if I could find them. It seems like 3 of the Atlantik v4 would provide excellent coverage on my tank (72 x 36 x 27"H).
Anyone else running these on a large tank? If so, how many fixtures do you have and what are the dimensions of your tank (saw the one above, holy cow!).
Anyone else running these on a large tank? If so, how many fixtures do you have and what are the dimensions of your tank (saw the one above, holy cow!).
Pros: Pretty definitive that the v4 has the largest spectrum of any other LED sold to the hobby atm and the inclusion of IR and UV appears to be of value according to Dana if spectrum is important to you. It also gives great spread compared to other cluster LEDs if shading is a concern. Build quality appears to be top notch. It packs a lot of power.
Cons: it's heavy. Really quality and heavy are going to go together so it's not bad exactly, just takes planning. No built in WiFI, you need the gateway. Only 4 channels of control (I see as a positive, but some might want to play with each color which you can't.) It will have typical LED color separation if mount very close to the water, similar to AI and radions, a little better to me, but not seamless like kessils. If mount high it's not an issue.
IMO there isn't another LED on the market that is on the same level.
