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.

Aqua Illumination Flare, the Supplemental LED System

Aqua Illumination which produces LED lighting for the aquarium industry recently just changed the name on their product AI Wave. That AI Wave will now be called the AI Flare which features the Cree XP-G LED aligned into a nice…

Bulk Reef Supply releases Bio Pellets for the cheap

Popular discount retailer, Bulk Reef Supply has released their version of the Bio Pellet that we made famous among our readers way back in 2009. The solid carbon dosing bio pellets are popular for helping to remove nitrates from your…

Eheim Scuba Cube nano aquarium gets redesigned to do the saltwater dance

The new redesigned Eheim Scuba cube is a cubed sized aquarium that is designed for keeping a saltwater tank. Apparently we have been living in a cube ourselves as this is the first time we have seen the redesigned aquarium…

JBJ Ocean Stream Pumps are rebadged Boyu water movers

JBJ has released their new Ocean Stream pumps to the masses as of late. These new pumps use a unique paddle impeller which is said to give your water “random buffering”. The Ocean Stream water movers will push out up to…

Vertex light studio software controlled by iPhone

[youtube width=”640″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECIAQryRrDA[/youtube] Vertex has already released the V-Link wireless USB stick which can be connected to any computer. The USB stick  includes the Java-based Vertex Light Studio software that we told you about in August. However, apparently that is…

Red Sea Coral Pro salt shipping later this month

The new Coral Pro salt we covered earlier has been in production to get inventory levels in tip top shape for when it launches. We have confirmed that Coral Pro will ship at the end of this month, but with…

White Red Sea Max 250 shipping to North America

Interested in getting your hands on a Red Sea Max 250? Tired of the boring black model that everyone has been scooping up? Red Sea just announced that the North American market has been shipped a few white models of…

Vario Lux Control, T5 Dimmable goodness controller

T5 lighting which has taken a backseat lately with the storm of LEDs is still a very good choice for lighting your aquarium. One thing we love about T5 lighting is besides being efficient, they can be dimmed and look…

Giesemann Polaris chillers have good looks, chilling price

The Giesemann Polaris chillers are small, compact refrigeration units that can be placed outside your aquarium. Giesemann’s line of Polaris aquarium chillers are made in Germany with a external aluminum case that is power coated in black metallic.

Ecotech marine named as one of Inc.’s 500 fastest growing companies

Ecotech Marine, the company that brings you popular products like the Vortech MP10, MP40 and the newly announced MP60 has just been named as Inc.’s 500 fastest growing companies. The company was started with Pat Clasen and Tim Marks from Lehigh University…