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.

Sure Grip Magnetic Holder missing out on Tunze Stream 2

That new Tunze Turbelle Stream 2 pump that has been released features a nifty magnet that comes with it. Tunze finally fixed one of the biggest complaints coming from the reef community, the attachement option. By offering the magnet system…

Deltec working on “advanced skimmer technology”

We received word today that Deltec is working on advanced skimmer technology. What type of advanced skimmer technology could they be making?  New bubbleplate? New pump? We aren’t trying to be negative here but there are only so many ways…

Ultra skim Fauna Marine Blue Line protein skimmers recieve price drop

You remember those blue line protein skimmers we showed you? Yeah those. Apparently there comes a time when a price drop is needed to increase sales and that time has come. The Blue line Ultra Skim 1 which usually carries…

Ocean Force skimmers from My Reef Creations now available

Ocean Force is a new line of skimmers from My reef Creations. These models OF100, OF200, and OF200 can range from 100 gallons to 260 gallons. The OF100 model has a height of 22″, uses a 6520 needlewheel pump and…

Red Sea Max 250 releasing in November?

We are getting reports that the Red Sea Max 250, the 65 gallon all in one aquarium will be ready for a release date in Novemeber. If your wondering why it has taken it so long to come across the…

Tunze Nano Wavebox 6206 up for order

That Tunze nano wavebox that we spied at Interzoo earlier this year has been put up for order by the folks out in California, Marine Depot. They are pricng the nano wavebox 6206 for around $380. We weren’t expecting it…

Euro Reef Nano skimmers delayed until 2009

Like most things in life your going to have to learn to wait. We have reports that Euro Reef’s nano protein skimmer has been delayed. How long you ask? At least until the first quarter of 2009. That means you…

Elos e-lite LED PAR numbers come out

We got our hands on PAR numbers for the Elos LED e-lite light unit courtesy of Danilo Ronchi. The e-lite unit which comes standard on an Elos System mini produces pretty impressive PAR results for being such a small unit…

New Reef Keeper Elite Firmware 1.07 coming, 2.0 due later this year

Digital Aquatics was kind enough to respond to an earlier report about Reef Keeper elite owners not being happy. Of the issues reported, most if not all of them will be fixed in the coming 1.07 update. That update will…

Workout at the gym far far away from your aquarium

We really don’t know what to say about this besides not trying to workout around your aquarium. That shouldn’t be a problem since most of our tanks are valued in the thousands if not more in our hearts and were…