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.

France AquaStudio is the latest Elos concept retail store to be revealed

Elos, the boutique aquarium manufacturer based out of Italy announced plans for their new Elos AquaStudio stores across the globe. Specifically, stores in France, Switzerland, Singapore and New York were all named to open in 2012, which happens to be…

Top 6 aquatic industry (hobby) shake ups of 2011

Throughout 2011, there were several things that changed the aquatics industry. Of course, there were hundreds of events that we covered in 2011, but we narrowed the list down to an even six. What were they? Click the read more…

PETCO targeted by protesters in Hawaii

Protesters are at war with PETCO, a large multichannel retailer primarily based in the United States. In Hawaii, protesters took to the streets to complain about the death of a baby tang among other things. PETCO, which we have covered…

Elos opening 5 new Aqua Studios in 2012—France, Switzerland, Singapore and New York confirmed

Elos, the high end aquarium manufacturer based out of Italy is set to expand their Aqua Studios. These Aqua Studios are usually very impressive filled with Elos products including equipment, aquariums and additives. Of course Reef Builders has been to…

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December 13 – December 19th Teszla LED is Giesemann’s first pure LED aquarium light fixture Maxspect Mazarra P, the Full Review Zero Reef East- less is more when setting up a nano coral tank XBOX 360 aquarium is a pico…

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December 6th – December 12th Aquarium controllers part 1: From Reef-Geek to the mainstream Sunlight Supply Tek Wave VHO T5 gets a hands-on review Owner of Salt Water Connection faces up to $1M in fines, possible jail time From Japan…

Owner of Salt Water Connection faces up to $1M in fines, possible jail time

Crime just doesn’t pay folks, it will eventually catch up to you. Such was the case of the owner from Salt Water Connection, Jason Daeninck. Jason was arrested in 2007 for importing 20,000 pounds of live rock, the type that…

Aquarium T-Shirts from Reef Builders

One of the biggest comments we receive at Reef Builders is when were coming out with aquarium t shirts. T-Shirts apparently, are extremely popular among you aquarium folks. And today, Reef Builders will finally get our own line of tees.…

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November 29 – December 5th Captive bred Koran angelfish – another smashing success for Rising Tide Sale of DiverTom.com is a rare opportunity to acquire your very own Florida fish collecting business Swim bladder lancing video shows simple procedure to…

New Professional Sea Salt from Fauna Marin

Fauna Marin, the boutique supplement company out of Germany is getting into the salt business for the US market. Fauna Marin’s Professional sea salt is expected to arrive state-side very soon according to sources from Fauna Marin. The salt which…