Ryan Gripp
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Ryan Gripp founded Reef Builders in 2006. He writes about technology, industry and other associated news relating to saltwater fish tanks. He went to Depaul University and has been keeping reef tanks for over 15 years.

Ecotech Marine Vortech MP10 winner is Centerwood

Congratulations to Centerwood for winning our MP10. For the rest of you, don’t worry we have boxes full of new stuff to get away including more MP10’s, and other type quality products sure to make you drool.

Aquarium Stimulus program: Vortech MP10 Round III

This is your chance to own a new piece of equipment that hasn’t even hit stores yet. The MP10 which was released at the MAX aquarium show is up for grabs. We aren’t going to bore you with the details…

ProfiLux light II Controller bar

The new controller bar, the Profilux Light II has been designed to “provide independent control of your aquariums lighting, Tunze pump and temperature control needs, plus other built in functions.” Interestingly you don’t need a ProfiLux main controller setup for…

Dual pump Euro Reef nano skimmers

Euro Reef introduced a new type of nano skimmer for the market to purchase, instead of the usual one pump setup, Euro Reef went one step further and stuffed another pump into their nano skimmer making it a dual pump…

Tropic Marin’s Bio-Activ Calcium liquid

Tropic Marin’s new Bio-Actif system just got a new product that has been added to the line. Liquid calcium is being touted as an additive that can balance your “PH in the long term by through the balance of individual…

Spectra Pure MaxCap 2-Stage System

Having a Reverse Osmosis unit is great and while some of us may have decided to opt for the premium DI upgrade option, SpectraPure has indeed covered those of you who didn’t. The MaxCap 2-stage system is premium upgrade add-on…

Lumen Aqua Ocean LED lighting from Royal Aquarium

With the current trend of stuffing LEDs into tubes to get around patent issues, we bring you the Lumen Aqua Ocean line of LED lighting coming straight from Royal Aquarium. The fixture can either be mounted from your ceiling with…

Fauna Marin’s Alkalinty (dkH) Test kit

Fauna Marin has made available their next precision testing kit, specially made for Alkalinty (dkH). The kit will allow you to complete 50 to 100 tests when it gets released to UK and US dealers in the coming weeks. We…

Fauna Marin Ultra Min-D finally makes it stateside

While Europe has been enjoying the wonderfulness that is Ultra Min D from Fauna Marin for quite some time, us Americans haven’t been given the opportunity to experience what this new product is all about. Originally released in Interzoo in…

Triton 420 Eco from Schunk Modultechnik pumps 5,547 GPH

The Triton 420 eco is a new pump from the Schunk Groupe; a large company headquartered in Germany that specializes in namely automotive industries among others. The Triton 420 eco pump looks very similar to the the Royal Exclusiv Red Dragon…