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.

Chinese tanker carrying oil says costs will be covered by Insurance

We’ve got good news. The Chinese owner of the coal/oil ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef says that all costs will be covered by the vessel’s insurance including fines and clean-up costs from the accident. Interestingly the…

Reef Set overflow makes an appearance

Reef Set is set (no pun intended) to make a big scene in the saltwater and freshwater aquarium markets by pushing out a slew of new products. One of their first new products in the Reef Set overflow. It does…

Uh oh: Ships using Great Barrier Reef as ‘rat run’

That Chinese Tanker which we reported about earlier apparently was sneaking the coral reefs as a “rat run”. A Rat Run is when a ship takes a faster route to save time and fuel costs even if the section in…

Aquadip Frozen fish Food from Holland

Aquadip, a company out of the Netherlands that produces food has released their popular frozen fish food in new blister packs. The food is great for freshwater, marine and pond fish. There are twenty cubes to each pack; each cube…

Milwaukee electronic refractometer in the wild

We’ve captured a new milwaukee electronic refractometer in the wild. This guy has a light meter with fully submersible probe built into it, something that is brand new for this model. Pricing hasn’t been released yet, but don’t expect to…

Scientist finds cure to RTN

RTN. What causes it? Nobody really seems to know. Even Hitler himself admitted to not knowing what causes the dreaded RTN. But how can we prevent it? Can it be cured? Apparently it can, as it was announced today that…

Reef Nutrition’s Offices almost burned to the ground

Reef Nutrition, which is located in California had a scare early one night. Their offices are in a large office complex and apparently the tenant space right next door to them caught fire. Whats more is that fire is suspected…

AquaConnect’s new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums

AquaConnect has released their new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums. The lamp features a modern glass shade that can be easily hung above your aquarium and will give you high light output and “long lamp life.” The lamp…

Nahacky’s wrasse appears in the Industry, thanks to Fiji

For the record, Fiji is my favorite country in the world. I’d love to live there someday, and having a nicknamed NaHacky’s wrasse in the area is all the more reason to. The NaHacky’s wrasse  has passed through marine wholesaler…

DD H20 Salinity refractometer measures seawater

DD The aquarium solution has updated their refractometer so that it will measure pure seawater. As their marketing lingo states: “Almost all, if not all, of the refractometers currently available to the aquarium hobby are designed for measuring saltwater (sodium…