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.

Processing 1,000,000 gallons of water per hour

That is the normal rate in which the filteration systems at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Being home to over 12,000 life animals in the aquarium, your going to need a hefty filteration system. Staci over at Aquarium of the…

Hands on with Aqua Illumination LED

A Reef Builders got to spend some time with the new Aqua Illumination LED lighting unit the other day and in doing so got a nice hands on review with the unit. Our reviewer didn’t like the docking system, but…

Beat the heat: Chillers aren’t the only option

We are in the dead of summertime. Across the United States tempatures have really lit up the thermometers. Your aquarium is most likely feeling the effects of the increasing tempatures as well. What are some ways in which that you…

Reef Chatter: Seachem salt high in calcium?

We are hearing reports that Seachem’s reef salt is high in calcium lately. These are very isolated incidents and we really don’t see any need to give it our full attention. However it is worth mentioning. Do you use Seachem’s…

Elos price increases on large amount of items

Not to much suprirse, elos yesterday reported that a price increase would happen. They will be rasing their pricing on most all of their products. Of those products set not to rise are the elos test kits (thank goodness). The…

Icecap releases 48″ T5 pre-wired retro ballast kit

Icecap has released a new spin on a common shortfall with DIY retro kits. The difference? Icecap’s new retro kit is pre-wired to offer a plug and play system. All you need to do is select your lamps, place the…

Standalone Elos E power pendants get MSRP

Like we said earlier, the new elos e-power pendants will come in two flavors, one without the ballast ($449.99), and the other with an icecap ballast ($579.99). Pricing has been revelaed to cost only $120 for a 250watt IceCap ballast.…

Aqua Illumination LED seen in the wild…again

Received this shot of another Aqua Illumination LED lighting unit in the bare wild. We will be doing a review of the unit a little later on this month so stayed tuned for future updates.

Ultra Algae X is a hit with aquarists, Fauna Marin ramping up supply

Upon releasing ultra algae x to the world, we thought that is seemed like a very promising product. We mean to say of course that it was a “cure all” or “cure almost” of all your algae problems in your…

Needle Wheel impeller details leak out Fauna Marin Blue line

Not be confused with it’s distand cousin, the mesh wheel impeller. The needle wheel impeller which Fauna Marin is not charging for comes standard in all blue line protein skimmers. With the image we aquired it looks to be a…