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.

Sapphire Aquatics Nano Media Reactor now shipping

Sapphire Aquatics, a small humble company that is located in Houston, Texas has started to ship their nano media reactor. The nano media reactor is made from 2″ acrylic tube and stand at about 11″ tall. The feed pump which…

Oldest Animal Fossils Discovered in an oil field?

There is an oil field in the Arabian Peninsula that point known origins of higher life to more than 635 million years ago. Gordon Love of the University of California said: “It is, definitively, the earliest evidence for animals.” Interestingly…

Aquatic Life Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115 coming

One strong suit in this weak economy for retailers and manufactures are nano aquariums. With the current onslaught of nano skimmers on the market, it makes sense then that Aquatic Life would throw its name in the hat. Their Internal…

ATB Economical skimmers heading towards US, UK not so lucky

We’ve been hearing and reporting about ATB’s economical line of skimmers that they have been working on for some time now. Finally after several months of waiting they have arrived shipped over here to the United States. We are still…

Royal Exclusiv working on Cone Skimmer?

Naturally, it wouldn’t surprise us at all that Royal Exclusiv is working on a cone skimmer of sorts. However, with the added evidence that we have received, a cone skimmer coming from the luxury manufacturer is more of a reality.…

Fauna Marin Star Fire T5 lighting prototype outs itself

We first reported about the Fauna Marin Star Fire T5 lighting unit some time back. Then, we only had CAD drawings to show you and finally Fauna Marin has ousted a prototype model for us to gaze our eyes upon.…

Elos Mini Elites available in all blue flavors

When the Elos Mini system was launched it was paired with a white LED elite system that had a select amount of blue LEDs integrated with the unit. However, with release of the manta brackets which allow you to pair…

Royal Exclusiv Strong Flow pumps leak out

Royal Exclusiv is one manufactuer in Germany that certainly doesn’t sit on its laurels as of yet. With the launch of their Red Dragon II pumps earlier last year we wondered what would next be on their agenda. They have…

Kitchens beware: Tupperware DIY Protein skimmer

While the ongoing debate if you actually need a protein skimmer rages on, one DIY modder decided that he wanted to upgrade from his JBJ protein skimmer. Short on cash however, he decided to take matters into his own hands…

The modern design aquarium sink gives ultimate bragging rights

Having an reef aquarium is pretty exciting for most addicts. It’s several sheets of glass that are shapped like a box or rectangle in most cases. However, what you could start is a reef aquarium with this modern designed sink.…