Manny Tavan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Been seeing all these bad reviews about orpheks reliability and thought maybe it would spare me. Sadly no these have been used for 21 months and I came home to a weird look in the tank. The left side was dimmer and less blue. Turns out a bunch of the blue led’s are off/dead. So I switched the lights to blue only and sure enought it’s missing at least 10. Those are $1100 each and for the price I don’t want to deal with another failure which seem to be common. These lights grow corals like no other but they also break like no other Thinking about trying the reefbreeders photon v2 50inch ($700) because I am a fan of wide spread light. I was considering a T5 hybrid option but I don’t really see the need since my corals have grown pretty well with LED only any suggestions? Edited January 26, 2021 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Well that is a major bummer. Had been looking at those before going with the Reefi. I think Greg @youcallmenny may have run the Photons but not sure he’s on here much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Have you considered the Reefi lights. I have had led lights fail before so it’s nice to have the actual builder local who knows the lights inside and out and will do his best to make it right if there is an issue. That sucks you spend that kind of money and have it fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 So the company emailed back within 12 hours. Since my light is out of warranty I have to pay for replacement part but they are sending me a new LED board that I would need to install myself. It’s $200. Will give that a try 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: So the company emailed back within 12 hours. Since my light is out of warranty I have to pay for replacement part but they are sending me a new LED board that I would need to install myself. It’s $200. Will give that a try Cheaper than new lights that's for sure! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicyclebill Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Pretty quick response and reasonable cost for parts in my opinion. Interested to hear trouble level of repair after you’re done. I just bought these new Red Sea 160S lights, and they are all quick connectors for replacement parts with videos already made showing how to do it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 When you come over for some frags. You can look at my radion G5's & G4's over my 360 gallon tank to see what you think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 15 hours ago, albertareef said: Well that is a major bummer. Had been looking at those before going with the Reefi. I think Greg @youcallmenny may have run the Photons but not sure he’s on here much. I'm here. The Photon V2 is a great light that I would heavily recommend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, youcallmenny said: I'm here. The Photon V2 is a great light that I would heavily recommend. Hey man - good to "see" you! I thought I remembered that correctly but don't trust myself these days... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, albertareef said: Hey man - good to "see" you! I thought I remembered that correctly but don't trust myself these days... Likewise Sean! It's been too long, I've just been busy with my own school and being a teacher for our children during all this. Good memory though! I was a big fan of that series. I had the 24" and the 48". Now that the Hydra's have stopped dying repeatedly they're working nicely for me too though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, youcallmenny said: I'm here. The Photon V2 is a great light that I would heavily recommend. I ordered one lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Manny Tavan said: I ordered one lol Logan (the RB owner) has a nice 12 hour ramped schedule on an excel spreadsheet that calculates intensity for you, if that's something you'd like. Here's a link! https://www.dropbox.com/s/cszhnspj4gaopt4/Photon V2%2B Program Recommendations.xlsx?dl=0 Edited January 27, 2021 by youcallmenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Thanks. Heard the controller is a pain in the butt. Is it true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 It's a proprietary controller that isn't an app and isn't touchscreen. I didn't have any problems with it but after Orphek's it might seems a little antiquated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 hours ago, youcallmenny said: Likewise Sean! It's been too long, I've just been busy with my own school and being a teacher for our children during all this. Good memory though! I was a big fan of that series. I had the 24" and the 48". Now that the Hydra's have stopped dying repeatedly they're working nicely for me too though. Glad I wasn't completely making that up. In fact, I now remember thinking about buying your old ones off you but couldn't quite figure out how to optimize the coverage on my tank. Good to hear the Hydras finally settled in - you had some crazy bad luck with those initially. Glad you are hanging in there! Sorry for the mini hijack @Manny Tavan Just having a bit of "old home" week here 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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