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.

The Coral Bin adds new twist to WYSIWYG Coral retailing

The Coral Bin, a new upstart WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) coral livestock company has recently launched. With traditional WYSIWYG outlets, you go through rows and rows of thumbnails looking for a particular species or animal that…

Fishtank Kings — National Geographic releasing new aquarium reality show

Fishtank Kings is a new TV series that will air on National Geographic. Liked Tanked before it, the show will highlight both private and public aquarium builds. Living Color the full service fish tank maintenance and installation company that has…

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April 3– April 10th Bali Aquarich leaks sneak peek of Picasso Sebae Clownfish Quality Marine’s new “Collector Series” fish Jimmy Ma’s incredible Koi Coral Beauty angelfish gets a much needed update Blau LuminaLED coming this summer Lytro light field trip…

Track your water parameters with Aquatic Log

Most reef hobbyists test their water on a regular basis; after all keeping a reef in tip-top shape requires monitoring your water parameters. Years ago, hobbyists might test their water and either right it down or forget about the test…

GHL’s new LED light lets loose spectrum graphs

While details of the forthcoming GHL LED light have been released, very little was known about the light spectrum. At full power, the light will bathe your aquarium in a wide color spectrum, that is according to new spectrum graphs…

Wardley Tropical Fish food recalled for Salmonella risk

Wardley, which makes Tropical Flake Fish food is recalling their Advanced Nutrition Perfect Protein. The reason? The food could be may have been potentially contaminated with Salmonella. In total 7,056 1-oz. containers of Wardley® Advanced Nutrition™ Perfect Protein™ Tropical Flake…

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March 27– April 2nd Can you believe someone in the US is hand making wooden airstones? Mr. Kang’s Korean reef aquarium is a field of exquisite corals on an elegant aquascape Remarkable collection of rare fish on Diver’s Den proves…

Lifeguard by Digital Aquatics screenshot image teased

We’ve heard quite a bit about Digital Aquatics new Lifeguard device, but recently they have released a teaser image of what the software might look like. Following in Seneye’s footsteps, you will see a new graphic interface set to display…

New GHL LED light coming, including wireless control

GHL, the European based aquarium controller company is set to release a new LED lamp for the masses. We have little details about the new LED light from GHL but we have confirmed that  8 light colors will be available…

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March 20– March 26th Siam Reef Club’s dynamic and ever changing 30 gallon cylinder reef RLSS Skimmers are loaded with features yet priced for the masses (updated video) More details on the forthcoming Maxspect Mazarra X New details from Giesemann…