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.

Pacific Sun modular aquarium LED lamp gets upgraded to BT EX status

The Pacific Sun modular aquarium lamp is receiving some fair amount of attention overseas. Digging into the specs of the new Pacific Sun light its not hard to see why with a nice selection of features. There are two models…

New Fish Store in Madrid Spain to use Zero Edge Display tanks

A new store in Madrid Spain is set to open up with an exciting twist.  The store, named Coral Reef Spain will feature zero edge tanks for a most if not all of their coral display tanks. This is the…

Red Dragon II Titanium woes: Breaking Titanium Axles, rusted impellers

You remember when Royal Exclusiv recalled their Red Dragon II pumps for quality control issues back in August of this year? Although the initial recall included only the 240 and 250 watt models were recalled, “every Red Dragon II Titanium…

Fish store goes topless for Black Friday

Oh dear. Apparently a store in Austin Texas went topless for Black Friday. The store’s sales are down and the owner wanted a new way to attract attention to the store reports KXAN, a local station in the area. ”…

Fauna Marin: LED fixture is coming at Interzoo

Fauna Marin sure looks like they will introduce a new LED based lighting fixture at Interzoo this year. As Fauna Marin’s own Claude Schuhmacher had this to say about LEDs in the future: The next step is a complete LED…

EASYlux from AquaConnect lighting control for T5/T8 Lighting

Easy Lux is can be compared to a poor mans dimmable unit for T5 and T8 lighting. Easy Lux says that you can create a “sun” effect with either sundown or sunrise by means of their controller unit. The German…

IceCap has a new LunarLite LED retrofit and its coming in December

IceCap has a new LunarLite – Blue LED Retrofit that will be available soon. This should work in nicely with their new Reef illuminations light fixture that was released at MACNA. IceCap had this to say on their website: The…

ReefKeeper Lite and NET module will soon work together?

We’ve heard rumors and rumblings within the industry about Digital Aquatics Reef Keeper lite. Apparently there is a firmware update in the works or already complete that will allow the Reef Keeper lite to connect to the internet by means…

Aiptasia Free said to remove and kill Aiptasia

There is another product that will help you aid with the removal of those pesky aiptasia that might sneak in via live rock or through other means. Aiptasia Free says that it can remove Aiptasia with the enclosed syringe. We…

Aqua light the new Flash LED T5 hybird lighting fixture

Aqua Light a high end lighting provider based out of Germany has a new LED based T5 lighting fixture named the Giant Flash LED that will once again, raise the bar on high end lighting. This lighting system is a…