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.

ZeoMatic 2 from Fauna Marin captured on video

Do you remember that  Zeomatic 2 we showed you not to long ago? To refresh your memory it  features a self cleaning system with both water and air cleaning.  Plus, you won’t need an extra air pump as the reactor…

TMC’s new V2 300 and 500 compact protein skimmers

Tropical Marine Centre (TMC) has added to their V2 compact skimmer line with two new products in the category the compact 300 and compact 500. First up is the V2 Skim 300 compact which is great for aquariums up to…

Link to Reef Builders and get added to our new Reef Links Page

Here at Reef Builders we like to be involved with the community as much as possible. And as such we are creating a new links page. Here is how it works: if you want your site to be included in…

Frag holder made out of coral rubble hits Europe

A new type of coral frag holder has been introduced in Europe. The new coral frag holder is made out of a mixture of crushed coral rubble and then positioned together to form a frag. Like most frag holders this…

Hobby Multibox makes thawing frozen food easy

The Hobby branded multi box has as the product name suggest multiple uses. However one of the biggest complaints we hear is how to thaw frozen food for your tank mates. Most of us use some sort of dish in…

Lima scabra or Flame Scallop displayed in HD video

The guys at Coralmorphologic have been playing with their HD camera again. You know what that means. An awesome video.  This time they have something new worth showing, a Lima scabra. Otherwise known as a flame scallop. These guys are…

Read the Digital version of CORAL magazine for free for Reef Builders Readers

CORAL magazine, a popular saltwater aquarium publication is promoting their digital version which allows you to take the magazine wherever you go. If you are already a print subscriber you will receive the digital version for free. Nifty yes? Single…

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest Control, for coral dips

Fauna Marin’s new Ultra Pest control will be available soon. And as much as we would like to think we don’t need products like this we all do at some point in our saltwater keeping lives. This Ultra Pest Control…

Cree breaks 200 lumens per watt LED efficiency barrier

The 200 lumen per watt efficacy barrier has just been breached by a fresh round of testing on Cree’s latest generation LEDs. Seems like just this past summer we reported the new advancements of Cree’s XP-G LED reaching a record…

Aqua Driver’s PitBox gets priced, we want

You remember AquaDriver’s  Pitbox? It is designed for your sump overflows, usually the last stage of the sump where the water flows over to the return pump section. What usually happens with this? Besides microbubbles forming, there is usually a…