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.

Paradiso T5+ LED by Easy Life, mostly T5, less LED

A company from the Netherlands by the name of Easy Life has created a new T5 lighting fixture with LEDs. The lighthting unit which has two models (60 & 120) and available in Europe in dimmable and non dimable models…

Grotech’s new easy mix coral marine salt

Grotech reformulated their coral marine salt and came up with this new brand of “easy mix”. This new reef salt is produced with optimized calcium and magnesium concentrations which help to promote coral and coraline algae growth. Unlike the older…

Skimz Kone skimmer is alive and well in Asia

Another day, another cone skimmer. This one is made by a company called Skimz which produces quite a lot of reef aquarium equipment. There are two models in Skimz new Kone line, the SK1 and SK2. The SK1 cone skimmer…

Cal Aqua Labs flippable bubble counter is totally cool

For those of us that use calcium reactors, a good bubble counter is ideal to measure and count bubbles flowing into your reactor. Cal Aqua labs has a different take that could easily be applied to reef keeping. The bubble…

Eshopps hang on Nano Skimmer detailed out on video

What do we have here? This is the first we have seen of Eshopps newest protein skimmer that is designed for nanos. The skimmer being designed for nano aquariums has some cleverly designed features. The biggest is the pump placement…

ReefCrap: Boyu Wm-3 WaveMaker

Tunze ain’t got nothing on the BOYU Wave maker. Nope, not a thing.

Octopus Horizon T5/LED Lighting coming to US?

The Octopus Horizon T5/LED lighting has been around for some time now, the unit which is available in Australia and UK markets looks like a nice overall unit. The Horizon lighting fixture uses a mixture of T5 and LEDs to…

Red Dragon II pump with controller seen on video

The Red Dragon pump from Royal Exclusiv has been a run away success in the reef aquarium hobby, partly due to the tremendous air flow rates you can run with the pumps. However, lets not forget about the sheer raw…

Warner Marine K2 cone skimmer close to production

You would think that after teasing us countless times, Warner Marine would have their K2 protein skimmer out on the market. Alas our dreams haven’t come true yet due to “machinist” issue but we did get another round of teasing…

Icecap’s Anthony Calfo Bulbs show up on Marine Depot already

IceCap’s new signature series line of bulbs with Anthony Calfo’s name slapped on them have have started to ship from Marine Depot. They prices are in-line with what we originally reported as you can get your hands on a popular…