diy led fixture

[reefer newby]

I am wanting to build a diy led fixture. I have seen some builds , that show the bulbs , wires and everything. With all due respect , I can't see having a beautiful reef tank with a junky looking light hanging over it. Can you guys and gals send some pics of some nice , neat looking diy led fixtures. I know there has to be some out there.

 

[Genesis Corals]

I made my own and am happy with how they look, but for my next one I will be using Makers LED heatsinks, very clean looking imo.

 

[reefer newby]

Can you send a pic of yours

 

[thereeferdude]

Here's a few shots of my MakersLED build:

 

[thereeferdude]

In process:

Ballast enclosure:

 

[fyrfytr]

WOW....VERY nice

 

[cota472]

The makers heatsink is nice, I just couldn't justify $4/per inch. I bought 3 8' pieces of T6 U shaped Aluminum, 3 Pieces flat Aluminum and a 90 degree angle piece were recycled from another reefer. Riveted it together myself. I agree it is not as good looking as the makers heatsink but it cost me about $60 total.I don't think it looks bad though. I may paint it still, haven't decided.

top drilled hole to run wires down the channel


Laying out LEDs before epoxying down


One half of LEDs


All of the LEDs


Over the tank (I plan on lowering then a few inches)


Here you can see the channel to slide in the lexan splash shield