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.

Fauna Marin’s new ZeoMatic 2 Zeolith reactor

Fauna Marin has released their new Zeo matic 2 and we should be able to place orders for it next month. This Zeomatic 2 features a self cleaning system with both water and air cleaning. You won’t need an extra…

ORA’s Clownfish get exported to Spain, a worlds first

Coral Reef Spain, a wholesaler and retailer business in Spain is the first retailer to receive ORA clownfish shipped from the United States. This is the first time ever that a Spanish hobbyist can buy a farmed ORA fish. Most…

ATB’s Giga Deluxe Cone skimmer is massive

ATB’s Giga Deluxe Cone skimmer stands over 1.75 meters tall (5′ 9″) and its a sight to see in person. The Giga cone skimmer is powered by 3 airstar 3000 pumps which use the 4200 motorblocks of Askoll pumps. To…

Aqua FX gets insane with Octopus RO/DI

AquaFx makes a variety of RO/DI systems for hobbyists, consumers and industrial applications. They do have a new hobbyist/consumer aimed product call the octopus that simply put is a beast for your reverse osmosis needs. The feature list is very…

Get a free copy of “Soft Corals and Sea Fans” from AIMS

Would you like a free copy of Soft Corals and Sea Fans? The Australian Institute of Marine Science has about 200 copies to give away, for free. There will not be a second edition printed, so once these are gone,…

Profile aquariums from Fluval

Fluval has a nice selection of new products on the horizon, and one such product is the Fluval Profile aquarium series. Introduced at the HH Backer show this line of aquariums is sleek and available in either Textured Black or…

Man steals over $1k worth of corals and gets away

With the current state of the economy I’m surprised we haven’t seen this happen more often. A Fish storeĀ  in Milpitas, California was robbed of over $1,000 worth of pricey corals. As the fish store goes on to describe: A…

ATB’s new large Elegance cone skimmer

ATB’s newest cone protein skimmer is called the Elegance and available in the “large” size. This hefty sized skimmer like some other ATB products features the cone shape going all the way up into the collection cup which should help…

Brightwell Aquatics CoraLazarus High-Purity Calcium Media

CoraLazarus is a newish calcium media from Brightwell Aquatics that we have yet to cover. What’s different about this calcium media versus others is that its “high purity” which allows you to use it in a variety of options. CoraLazarus…

Sfiligoi’s new DSE metal halide + T5 lighting fixture

Sfiligoi’s new DSE metal halide plus T5 lighting fixture uses a twin lamp and reflector design that should help it push it past normal PAR numbers with minimal power consumption. Sfiligoi reports the test of PAR on the new DSE…