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.

Koral color will enhance your colors, making them more vivid

Koral color seeks to make your corals more vibrant. This is acheived by adding elements that help form biochromes. Biochromes in case you didn’t know are biologiacal pigments that give coloration to plant and animal cells through their selective color-absorption…

Video: Hydor Wavemaker 4 controller and controllable Koralia’s

That really cool wavemaker 4 we showed you a few months back finally made it to the United States. We got an exclusive video of this new controller. Our first impressions is that this thing is actually quite impressive and…

Aquatic Life’s new HID light fixtures

Aquatic Life finally got around to releasing their new HID fixtures. The fixtures have a host of features: Anodized gloss and matte finish provide visual appeal and years of life. Timer controls HID Lamps, T5 HO Fluorescent Lamps and Lunar…

Jumbo Mysis shrimp from Hikari

We know how it is, wanting to feed your fish larger fish but not having a source besides the ocean. Well worry no more since Hikari released their Jumbo Mysis shrimp in a large pack. The pack which should begin…

Video of snail spawning inside reef aquarium

Marine depot staff caught a snail spawning event video. If you never seen this click the play button above. It is worth watching.

Modern Aquarium design for reef aquaria and freshwater

Modern aquarium design could be described as using contemporary styling and adding features such as chrome, wood to create a unique look. In aquariums this is usually always achieved by a rimless tank. Such is the craze in Europe and…

Reef Builders Swag Give-away: H20 Ocean Plus Salt

Up for grabs is a 1 gallon bucket of H2o Ocean plus salt. The salt which is the number one seller in Europe has been getting stellar reviews from aquarists from the United States. So how do you enter? Simple,…

MACNA XXI Atlantic City September 25-27 2009

If you didn’t catch our MACNA XXI rumor it has been confirmed that the next MACNA will be in Atlantic City. The dates, which are September 25-27 2009 will be special if you haven’t already been to one ever. Atlanta…

Hikari Updating their blister packs?

Take this with a grain of salt, but we have a annoymous tipster that suggested that Hikari will be updating their blister packs. The above spy photo seems to point that direction, of course we really don’t know if this…

Brightwell Aquatics Reef Snow seeks to feed Invertebrates

Reef snow, which is a brand new product from Brightwell Aquactics is food for  suspension-feeding inverbrates. The liquid, which is available in 250m; and 500ml sizes has numerous features: “Complex of carbonate-bound, non-conservative major, minor, and trace elements in aragonite…