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.

Hurricanes and global warming devastate Caribbean coral reefs

Warmer seas and a record hurricane season in 2005 have devastated more than half of the coral reefs in the Caribbean, according to scientists. In a report published yesterday, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) warned that this severe damage to…

ReefKeeper Elite to cost only $490

Digital Aquatics released pricing today, and the reefkeeper elite has been priced at only $490.99. This along with a complete list of features was released today. Official release to follow after the jump.

Elos release Biotopus II firmware upgrade

Elos released a new update to their Biotopus II controller. This fresh update will add several new features including: an improved child lock out, fan functions, dosing function for extra level control functions for the new Aqua Rescue. You will…

Giant Surprise for the superbowl

We bet you all weren’t guessing that now were you? Heck we sure weren’t. The giants are headed to the superbowl along with the Patriots which were expected. Are they Giants really that good? Or is it just a fluke…

New Features for 2008, not really new we just like to call it that

We have decided to release some exciting new features to the website. One which most of our members have already received is the community newsletter informing you of everything that is going on in the most popular section of our…

President Bush signs order, inaffect killing dolphins and whales

Apparently Presdient Bush could care less about dolphins and whales. He exempted the Navy so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast. Which a 12 mile stretch was banned from using sonar, until…

$98,199 worth of corals seized in the UK

In the United Kingdom, $98,199 worth of corals were spoted in seized in air freight from Indonesia. They were heading to specialist shops across the UK. Meanwhile, the corals were transported to the London zoo where they could take care…

ReefKeeper Elite, what $600 will buy you…

So with all this talk about the ReefKeeper Elite here is a recap, estimated price is below $600. What will that buy you? 1 x Head unit 1 x SL1 (ph, ORP, temp, 2 x micro switches) 2 x PC4…

Reef Builders magazine under construction

Just a quick note that Reef Builders magazine is under construction. You can still go there and read some articles however some are not online. We are upgrading our software to fully support the growth RB has been getting.

More ReefKeeper Elite specs due out?

Digital Aquatics might leak out more information about their soon to be released Reef Keeper elite today. Besides already having a wattage measuring power unit, possible mobile alerts(unconfirmed) , bluetooth (unconfirmed) and the ability to control over 252 devices, we…