DIY reef lighting?

does anyone one know any diy reef lighting fixture plans? im building a canopy for my 72 bow thanks to threemom's diy canopy and Im going to put a retro or my own fixture in it. I was thinking about building a led light but I cant find a diy or plans. metal halide, t5, and led light diy's/plans would be great

 

If you get a retro kit there's not really any need for plans, a good kit should come with instructions how to wire it and all the pieces you need, you should just need to screw the endcaps into the canopy and wire them up. No soldering or anything required, pretty much plug and play.

Like these:
http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/T5_Fluorescent/AquaIllumination/Miro-4_Retrofit_Kits/

 

Are you talking about doing a DIY halide setup? They are pretty easy to piece together, I know that nano-reef has a couple great write ups on them. I have a DIY 70w over my nano and a 150w over my 29g and both were simple and pretty cheap to boot. Will probably toss a 150w DIY over my FOWLR setup once it gets going and I will be doing a thread once that starts if you are interested.

 

ya definately. build two 150w to hang over my 72 bow and i should be able to start a reef. it should come out to about 4watts per gallon which is good.