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.

4 Most common mistakes made by newbie reef keepers

I discuss the 4 most common mistakes made by new reef keepers. Narrowing it down to 4 was actually hard. Most of you advanced aquarists out there should already know these common mistakes, nevertheless it is a great review for…

Digital Aquatics: ReefKeeper Elite should be under $600

Digital aquatics will update us on more details about their new ReefKeeper Elite unit come friday. However, here is a recap of what we know. We do know that this unit should be under $600 for their standard package.

2008 Bloggies are open, nominate us err we mean…

A nice friendly reminder that the 2008 bloggies are open for voting. Although we would never ask you directly to nominate and then vote for us directly. However we will highly suggest voting for us in the 2008 Bloggies. Just…

Coral Coverage: Fiji Reef Analysis

The January 08 edition of Reef Builders Magazine is online. In it Adam Blundell discusses the substrate cover in Fiji reefs. A very interesting article about what you will find at the reefs in Fiji.

Reef Keeper Elite PC4 comes to light

The heart of the Reef Keeper Elite is the PC4’s, or power strips. Only these aren’t your grandma’s power strips. Featuring new “IntellaStrip” technology in their PC4’s. Some of the benefits are: can report the total current load that’s being…

Euro Reef hang on skimmer possibly coming next year

Chock this one up another rampant rumor, but we actually think this is very possible. Seems that Euro-Reef is making a hang on the back skimmer. Most likely to compete with Deltec’s MCE line which starts at about $300. We…

LEAKED: Reef Keeper Elite Pics, 250 devices controllable

So we have confirmed the name of the new Reef keeper unit as the Reef Keeper Elite. This system will be a separate high end solution to your aquarium monitoring woes. This picture was leaked of the reef keeper elite,…

Aquatronica sayz SMS alerts are here for Europe only

Aquatronica, the master european aquarium controller company says that they have SMS alerts available to buy starting December 3rd which interestingly they will only work for Europe. “This module lets you receive information and alarms (if set on the Aquarium…

Soo what ya get?

Did you get any good gifts lately? Anything for your fish? Nothing?  Reply in comments.

Confirmed: Digital Aquatics to make high end Reef Keeper 3

Finally after months of rumors, Digital Aquatics confirmed that they will produce a high end controller named the Reef Keeper 3. Still in the early phases, but we expect it to be ready by 2Q of 08. We will keep…