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.

Are Reef Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike?

A recent story in the New York Times discusses the possibility that the oceans are being over-harvested for the saltwater aquariums of the world. Millions of blue legged hermits being harvested every year, up from hundreds of thousands from years…

Skimz Monzter II to be released at Interzoo 2010

Skimz, a company located in Singapore that produces reef aquarium products like protein skimmers has started to tease their new Skimz Monzter II. This is a new protein skimmer design that features a double bubble plate as well as a…

AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue

The AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue are a great way to add supplemental actinic lighting to your aquarium. You’ll have two models to choose from either a 14 LED, or 28 LED light strips with each lighting strip…

Fritz F/2 Algae Food perfect for phytoplankton, corals and rotifers

Fritz has decided to introduce their popular F/2 Algae Food into more applicable sizes for hobbyist use. “Super concentrated, easy-to-use liquid form for accurate dispersion. Eliminates the time required for weighing numerous minerals and trace elements. No more need to…

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra LPS Grow + Color

Fauna marin has a new LPS food formula that is said to increase the growth of your LPS corals. Fauna Marin lists several additional features of this food versus others including a “Soft granule” size which “protects the corals when…

Transparency shrimp on HD Video

Another video from Coralmorphlogic has been released as they guys there say: “Featured in the the video is a unidentified shrimp that lives commensally on Ricordea sp. corallimorph polyps. Unlike the other commensal anemone/corallimorph shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni, P. yucatanicus) that…

CORAL Magazine March/April digital print edition released

We recently received our print edition of CORAL magazine but the digital edition has just been released. The articles center around Smart Reefs, which was done up by Reef Builders own Jake Adams. You’ll learn about energy-saving products and tactics…

AquaMedic new rounded/oval aquariums to hit Interzoo

AquaMedic in Germany has a bevy of new products, some we’ve covered already. One such product is actually quite large and odds are it won’t come to the US market. However our friends in the UK and the rest of…

March 2010 Advanced Aquarist now Online

The March Edition of Advanced Aquarist is now online. In this edition you read about a very interesting article by Dana Riddle, Aquarium Corals: Stony Coral Parasites: Red and Black Bugs: Identification Guide, Preventive Measures, and a Review of Treatment…

Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine (FAMA) is dead

For those of you who receive the Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA) Magazine you won’t any longer. According to our very reliable sources FAMA will cease to exist. The June 2010 issue will be the final issue of Freshwater and…