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.

Elos New York AquaStudio opening March 2012

It sure looks like the Elos New York is very close to opening. We have acquired this first teaser image showing the signage on the Italian luxury aquarium maker. Originally the New York Elos store was slated to open in…

Cobalt Aquatics new Premium Pellets fish food, for Cichlids too

Cobalt Aquatics, the upstart company targeting the mass market aquatics industry has announced the availability of Cobalt Premium Pellets fish food. The food as you might have guessed comes in pellet form, perfect for a wide variety of both freshwater…

Kent Marine Reef Carbon issued stop sale—has high levels of heavy metals

Kent Marine, a saltwater aquatics brand based in the United States is asking that retailers return Kent Reef Carbon manufactured between December 5th of 2011 and February 8th of 2012. The Kent Reef Carbon is suspected of “contain[ing] unusually high…

Red Sea refreshes and updates popular Reef Starter Kit with current products

Red Sea, the Israeli based aquarium manufacturer and goods supplier has refreshed their popular Reef Starter Kit. The Reef starter kit has actually been around a while, with the older version hiding in the back of shelves at local fish…

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Soccer player Thierry Henry wants to build four story 5,000 gallon fish tank

Thierry Henry, a professional soccer player who lives in the UK wants to build a four story, 5,000 gallon fish tank. Plus, he is going to demolish his £5.9?million north London house “which was completed only in 1999 and is…

Southeast Asian Sea Life—Identification Chart

The mimic octopus ( Thaumoctopus mimicus) is one such species that has an uncanny ability to mimic other ocean creatures. Popular cartoon comic XKCD decided this was perfect for their next cartoon series. While the chart above is quite funny,…

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Ecoxotic releases 18″ Panorama Pro LED lighting for smaller aquariums

We’ve known that Ecoxotic was nearing a launch of 18″ Panoarama Pro module since last year. Finally, we can say the 18″ Panoarama module has officially been released. The 18″ version comes with 3 modules including two 12,000K/445nm Royal Blue Panorama…

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