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.

Planctonite releases new Sweeper 2.0 version

Planctonite has updated their popular sweeper product to a new version, 2.0. This new version is an upgrade to the sweeper and adds additional functionality. “In this new version of Sweeper the cleaning head is magnetically driven, facilitating the cleaning/rinsing…

Sfiligoi gets new new distributorship in the United States

Sfiligoi has gotten fresh distributorship within the United States. It was previously reported that Quality marine would be the sole distributor here in the United States and although that was true earlier it seems that Sfiligoi had a change of…

Interview with Claude Schuhmacher on the balling method from Fauna Marin

We’re excited to bring you this interview of Claude Schuhmacher about the balling method from Fauna Marin. This interview was done by a local reef club. Enjoy! Choosing a supplement method for Ca, Kh and Mg to your reef aquarium…

Vertex’s new Lumina LED lighting fixture

Vertex is getting into the LED lighting game with their new Lumina LED lighting fixture. At first glance the Lumina is a very flat looking LED light with a nice black coating and red LCD screen of sorts. However with…

Aqua Driver PitBox will help eliminate microbubbles, noise

Aqua Driver’s new PitBox should be an instant hit. The Pitbox 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…

Fauna Marin’s new Reef Scape Foam for aquariums

Fauna Marin is close to releasing reef foam. This reef foam from Fauna Marin is a dark grey color and made for aquariums and terrariums and is ideal for designing and modeling of aquascape. Along with that though its great…

New AquaLight Flash Spot LED is dimmable and expensive

Aqua Light has a new LED lighting fixture that they have just released. The AquaLight Flash Spot LED is new and it has something that is a rarity among LED fixtures: its dimmable. The new Aqualight LED flash is housed…

Aquatic Life 6 bulb T5 lighting fixture in 36″, 48″ and 72″ sizes

Aquatic Life has released their 6 bulb T5 HO fixtures and most retailers have started to take pre orders for them. These 6 bulb T5 combos include timer controls which allow you to control the lamps and lunar LEDs independently…

Spectra Chrome Metal Halide Bulbs from Elos

Elos Spectra Chrome  metal halides bulbs will be making an appearance in most Elos shops across the United States very soon. We already showed you the new LED lighting that Elos should bring out in 2010. The new Spectra Chrome…

Reef Fanatic’s new PH pen wants to be in your hands

While most of you already have some sort of PH monitoring device, most likely a PH probe inline with a controller, this new Reef Fanatic PH pen could be a great addition to your arsenal of saltwater products.  Off the…