Radions or Orphek Atlantik's?

[FarmerTy]

That's what James told me too. He said there is no difference in the LEDs or spectrum between Gen 1 or Gen 2. It is just the Wi-Fi module and its simple to swap as its a plug in component. That way it can work with the Gen 2 gateway.

 

[jschultzbass]

Also, that's why BRS has the Compacts on sale for like $620. Upgrade to the new wireless card for another $20 and you're still $30 cheaper than buying from Orphek at $670.

 

[Caravanshaka]

I'm a bit late, but though I would share some quick par stats on my tank. I'm using an older apogee sensor, so it's not great with LED's but still gives me decent numbers.

on my right rock structure:
- top middle where I have Pikachu, Walt Disney, Pink Lemonade, etc...500-600 par
- far right mariculture colony - 200-250 par, a couple inches from the glass and maybe halfway up
- bottom front couple rocks - 200-300 par
- anemone - 200 par

left rock structure:
- top back where Jason Fox Solar Flare and Fox Flame are - 500ish par
- front Zoa rock - 200-250 par
- frag rack that is a little over halfway down and on the front glass - 200 par
- left frag rock, about as far in the corner as you can get - 150 par

these are all with the t5's on, which are mounted basically attached to the orpheks so not very spread out. On the Orpheks, I set the first 3 channels to 100%, and channel 4 to 80%

Here is a quick pic for reference:

 

[biecacka]

I have been cosindering orpheks for my display tank. But I love my halides!! As Boomcorals, says though if you need enough led fixtures cranking at full bore it’s no less wattage than halides. I don’t think I’d need the led units at full power but I don’t know for sure either.

Corey

 

[jack5746]

I am setting up another frag tank in my garage. I currently have one tank in my garage that uses t5's and I would love to use the same fixture on the new tank but feel I can not. With my garage door closed, hot Florida weather combined with the heat from my current t5's it gets very hot in the garage. It gets so hot some days that my current fixture starts to dim to try and cool it's self. I am wanting to avoid adding even more heat with t5's so I am going to go with leds on the new tank.

The new tank is another Low Boy frag tank. The tank is 48" x 24" x 8". The light options that I'm considering is 4 radion xr 15's or two of the Orphek Atlantik V 4's.

After watching the BRS video on the Orpheks they seem like one of the best led options available. Whats holding me back on them is I haven't heard much about them. While radions on the other hand you hear a lot about but they have been around a while now.

Thoughts on light options?

Aqua illumination is the only led lights that i will use.

 

[HerpN]

I know it won’t tell you much, but I took a quick photo of the full size without the compact. The visible light shows at least a few more inches to the left than the pic, but the pic probably shows where decent par ends. Probably 8-10 inches to the side

Again, don’t mind the ugly UV sterilizer

What size tank is this LxWxH?

 

[mazzdaq]

I just received my 2 Orphek Atlantik V4 Gen 2's. I haven't set them up yet, but the lights are second to none. The lights are a work of art, they're beautiful. I can't wait to set them up over my Red Sea Reefer 525XL.. James at Orphek is the man, I can't thank him enough for all his help.

 

[Bruce Burnett]

my 2 cents is I have 2 older Orphek v2.1b on 72x30x27 tall I can grow anything. if I had the money I would buy the new version. If you are growing frags you don't have to worry about shadowing. The spread and color is nice. Mine are now going on 5 years old and no problem. They are quick to respond to emails. I could up grade mine but because of the changes and age it would require swapping everything except the housings.
Using fans for cooling have them blow across the tank and also across the sump.

 

[Caravanshaka]

What size tank is this LxWxH?

54x30x24

 

[James Emory Verified Sponsor]

I am setting up another frag tank in my garage. I currently have one tank in my garage that uses t5's and I would love to use the same fixture on the new tank but feel I can not. With my garage door closed, hot Florida weather combined with the heat from my current t5's it gets very hot in the garage. It gets so hot some days that my current fixture starts to dim to try and cool it's self. I am wanting to avoid adding even more heat with t5's so I am going to go with leds on the new tank.

The new tank is another Low Boy frag tank. The tank is 48" x 24" x 8". The light options that I'm considering is 4 radion xr 15's or two of the Orphek Atlantik V 4's.

After watching the BRS video on the Orpheks they seem like one of the best led options available. Whats holding me back on them is I haven't heard much about them. While radions on the other hand you hear a lot about but they have been around a while now.

Thoughts on light options?

Hello Bubba, this is James at Orphek and you certainly do not need two Atlantik V4's for a 48 x 24 frag tank. One unit will be just fine. They are not like the Radions where you require several units. I'm using just one on my Reefer 350 and coral growth is outrageous.

 

[BoomCorals]

Hello Bubba, this is James at Orphek and you certainly do not need two Atlantik V4's for a 48 x 24 frag tank. One unit will be just fine. They are not like the Radions where you require several units. I'm using just one on my Reefer 350 and coral growth is outrageous.

If you want to send me one I'd be happy to re-test the PAR and spread over a 48x24 frag tank, as well as this time test long term color and growth. But I will provide an honest review. For someone running all SPS wall to wall in a 48x24 tank, I think a single unit would struggle. :/

 

[powdertang05]

Shots fired.

 

[Pmj]

If you want to send me one I'd be happy to re-test the PAR and spread over a 48x24 frag tank, as well as this time test long term color and growth. But I will provide an honest review. For someone running all SPS wall to wall in a 48x24 tank, I think a single unit would struggle. :/

Yah that's pretty much like... put your money where you mouth is I've seen from Orphek itself that one unit is not good enough for a 4' all SPS tank. Not going to look it up right now. I think you would need something else.

 

[BoomCorals]

Yah that's pretty much like... put your money where you mouth is I've seen from Orphek itself that one unit is not good enough for a 4' all SPS tank. Not going to look it up right now. I think you would need something else.

Wasn’t meant as a dig at orphek.

 

[sawdonkey]

I use Radion for years love them
But I just switch to orphek V4 about 2 week now I can say color of the tank and color look much better with orphek light

That’s a very clean mounting setup! Did you bolt these directly to the bottom of your canopy and cut a hole in your canopy to vent them?

I did something similar. I mounted mine using aluminum angle iron and they are about two inches off of the bottom of the canopy. Then I have a fan blowing in from the side and then two blowing out the top, right above the fixtures. I’m hoping this will keep hear and condensation out of the canopy.

I’m basically restarting my tank, so I only have a few frags, but I love the spread, color rendering, and control ability of these things.

 

[Reefcowboy]

Yea all in my basement. The back room gets quite warm but it did with LED too. I’m debating investing in a chiller short term, but when I remodel for my expansion I’ll be putting in an AC / dehumidifier for the new larger area that the business resides.

I used chillers before and although they work well, make the room unbearable as they release heat too.
I installed an ac in the room where the halides are and my tank runs at a cool 77.8 at peak light hours of the halides.
The room is also cool which is a big plus. Without heat from halides, I can careless what LEDs are.

 

[jda]

You always have to use a chiller in another room... or outside... in the same room is unbearable. When I used to use one, it would come on in the late afternoon a few times, warm up my fish room starting in the evening and then it kept it warm all night so that my heaters did not have to run as much at night. It was a good use of the heat.

However, I do understand that there are climates that never need any heat and that people have to use chillers with LED lit tanks and even sometimes tanks without any lights on at all (turned off by a temp controller).

 

[blebs]

How is the disco ball effect on the orpheks? The leds are placed so far apart that I would worry there would be extreme color separation.

I thought the new orphek bars looked very intriguing given how popular the t5 supplements.

 

[sawdonkey]

How is the disco ball effect on the orpheks? The leds are placed so far apart that I would worry there would be extreme color separation.

I’m not sure if disco ball effect means being able to pick out the separate colors or just a shimmering? I don’t really see separate colors when all channels are on. If you crank the white channels and the blues are turned down, you see greens and reds, but I don’t know why you’d do that.

As for the shimmer, it’s pretty heavy on the back glass, but not too prevalent on my rocks.

 

[Karl M]

I seen a couple people mention the version 4.2, so I reached out to Orphek and asked when it will be available. They told that version has been out since January of this year. They said it still needs the gateway and it connects to the gateway 2, instead of the 1.

If you are buying a new fixture I'd buy directly from them as bulk reef supply only sells the gen 1 version of both the fixture and gateway.

I know this thread is about a month old. But I just pull the trigger on the Atlantic V4, Hub and the
brand new Aquarium Light Mount kit For a new build. CSA 30x30x24 SPS tank.
I currently have a Radion G3 over my 60 cube , I just not happy with the shadowing I’m getting. I also have an ATI 8 bulb fixture, but I wanted to give the V4 a spin.
I reached out to BRS with a couple of questions about the Orpheks a couple days back and got no response except for a notification that my email had been forwarded to another individual. I reached out agian , no response to date.
Reached out to Orphek, James contacted me very quickly and was extremely helpful. Outstanding service, so I placed an order.

@bubbaque i came across your build thread during my search for Orphek V4 (subscribed) and noticed you went with a couple a VidaRock pieces,l just recently ordered several pieces as well, small world