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.

Dymax 3 Gallon acrylic Pico aquarium wants to be on your desk

The Dymax 3 Gallon acrylic Pico aquarium was released in Singapore at Aquarama earlier this year. The IQ3 3 gallon aquarium includes a light (Robot LED), filtration system and the benefit of knowing you won’t shell out a lot for…

Red Headed Goby, Gobiosoma puncticulatus now available from ORA

ORA now has a Red Headed Goby (Elacatinus puncticulatus)  in stock now. They haven’t been available from ORA for several years and its really exciting to get these tank reared Red Headed guys as these are beautiful fish as ORA…

Deep Sea Aquatics Acquires Ocean View

Deep Sea Aquatics, the company that bring you the Neo Nano aquarium have completed their purchase of Ocean View. This purchase should bolster up Deep Sea’s presence in the southeast region of the United States. In addition to that though…

Korallen-Zucht release new ZEOvit additive Pohl’s Xtra Special

Korallen-Zucht, the people behind Zeovit has released a new product called Pohl’s Xtra Special. Pohl’s Xtra Special is similar to the regular-old Pohl’s Xtra but ” it is mainly for low nutrient tanks, for corals with very light and pale…

San Francisco Bay Brand buys Ocean Nutrition

The fish food business just got a bit smaller as San Francisco Bay Brand has purchased Ocean Nutrition. Ocean Nutrition has an extensive reach over in Europe with a large distribution network, something that San Francisco Bay brand hopes to…

Elongate Dottyback (Pseudochromis elongatus) now available from ORA

  ORA announced for the month of December that they now have the Elongate Dottyback (Pseudochromis elongatus) available to fine retailers across the world. ORA has been on a tear lately with new fish being breed at their facilities and…

Korallen Zucht’s new KZ Super Blue T5 lamp

Korallen Zucht which makes products like Zeovit thought it might be a good idea to release their KZ Super Blue T5 lamp to the masses over in Germany. We should start to see the distribution chain sprinkle out from there.…

Gotek’s new LED lighting fixture from China

Gotek  a new LED lighting company (since 2003) that introduced itself at CIPS in China has a new type of LED light that they’d love to share. The actual LED fixture is similar to other LED fixtures on the market,…

5 Gallon Pico Aquarium features Elos Elite

Nano aquariums are popular right now, they are small, easy to manage and require less up front cost. However, pico aquariums are even smaller and much harder to manage with doing water changes and what have you. This particular pico…

ATB 1050 cone skimmer gets 1.5 update

ATB has took it upon themselves to give their 1050 cone skimmer a refresh to 1.5 status. Like other 1.5 updates to skimmer designs you’ll see a more polish design and look that better reflects ATB’s high end quality. The…