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.

Macna 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Reception

They typical thing to do at MACNA on a Friday night is to have the reception after the tradeshow closes for the day. The tradeshow closed at 5:00pm tonight and the reception started at 7:00pm. Although they let us in…

Live from Macna 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Day one of MACNA 2007 is here! There a lot of vendors, visitors and speakers this year in Pittsburgh. More corals, books, aquariums in such a confined space that you will start drooling the minute you step inside the tradeshow…

Aquarium Games for Nintendo DS

Two additions to the Zen Games series were announced today by growing UK games publisher, Mercury Games as part of their partnership with Japanese publisher Ertain BV. The games, “Aquarium by DS” and “Fantasy Aquarium by DS” both for the…

Robot Robo-Carp Fish Video

Remember that robot fish that we blogged about earlier this year? Apparently that thing has been making “waves” with people, so much so that there is now a video about it. Enjoy!

Macna 2007—is coming, you going?

Macna 2007 is coming, are you going? If you are make sure you stop by the Reef Builders booth. You can get some really great freebies!

Winner of the Canon Rebel XTI Camera will be announced…

The winner of the Canon Rebel XTI Camera will be announced on Oct 1st. The contest now is closed. For those that entered congrats! For those that did not, where have you been?

Tunze Nano Streams 6055 (controllable), Tunze MultiController 7095 in the Reef Builders lab

I received a couple of Tunze Nanostreams in the other day. Everyone has been eager to get an in depth view of these pricey water movers. So I take them to the Reef Builders lab (a 75 Gallon Tank) to…

Japan to build artificial reef for surfers…no no, not like ours

I need to remind you that in Japan, surfing isn’t is a popular sport. How can they make it better? Build a reef. No, not a reef like you have in your aquarium. A reef, which is a pile of…

Red Sea Max tank cycling…dirty, magnet cleaner needed

The Red Sea Max is cycling, I have a few pieces of live rock, and I threw some zoo’s in there. I’ve had this for a little over 2 weeks and have already decided that there are things I really…

The state of the aquarium sump: it is leaking slowly

Earlier I told you that my sump was leaking, the whole reason why I needed to setup the 34 Gallon Red Sea Max tank. It seems that it is leaking underneath the sump, perhaps on the joints. It could even…