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.

Seachem releases Salinity salt batch search

Seachem, the company behind Salinity salt has just released a new feature on their website. When you purchase a bucket of Salinity salt and enter the batch number found on the bucket, you’ll be able to pull up the certified…

Killing Aiptasia with electricity makes kalk in a needle not fun anymore

Aiptasia, or pest Majano Anemones has been a real problem, and we are guessing that you never thought to electrocute them. Gone are the days when you try lemon juice, Kalk, or hydrogen peroxide concoctions with Paul Baldassano’s new reef…

The Reef Central Story

Reef Central is an online forum that has been around the aquarium hobby for quite some time.

Powercone skimmer from ATI shown off on Video

[youtube width=”640″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbIzfWOr_ww[/youtube] While ATI Power Cone skimmers have landed in the United States, ATI has gone ahead and released a video showing the skimmer in action. The Power Cone 200 is shown here in what seems like some sort…

Dolphins trapped in water jail pool in Egypt

[youtube width=”640″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiLndVeDW4Q[/youtube] This video that we’ve included shows 4 dolphins living in a private villa. The villa is located in Hurghada, Egypt. The dolphins seem to be kept in a small swimming pool of some sort. The pool, which…

DinoXal from QFI said to remove Dinoflagellates

Dinoflagellates are very annoying in reef aquariums. A new product called DinoXal from QFI (Quality Fish Imports) is said to eliminate or remove dinoflagellates from your aquarium. We aren’t too sure what is in DinoXal, but if it works as…

Nudibranch on Bing Search engine today

Search engine Bing has been known to feature a high quality image on the home page of their website. Today is no different except they have featured a creature some of us might be familiar with. A Spanish Shawl nudibranch…

Hanna Checker for Marine Alkalinity hitting at $49.50

Hanna Instruments which makes great products like Hanna Checkers is getting official with their new Marine Alkalinity checker.  If you haven’t yet realized , this is going to be so awesome. We can’t tell you how many times we’ve squinted…

Korallen Zucht release ZEOstart 3, Bio Mate Zeovit products

Korallen Zucht, the original company that produces the ZEOvit system has announced that they will come out with two new products shortly. You’ll see an addition to the Basic 4 line up with ZEOstart3 which will replace the ZEOstart2 organic…

Red Sea Salts launching in UK

Red Sea is planning to release their new Red Sea Salt and Coral pro salts very soon according to numerous sources we’ve learned. The salts have been retooled from feedback from many aquarists as well as industry professionals. The difference…