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.

JBJ’s True Temp Titanium heating system for aquariums

There hasn’t been that many changes to revolutionize the heater market. Heck it is understandable as how many ways can you change a “heater”? JBJ’s new true temp system is a titanium heating system that is perfect for sumps or…

Scallops on the Half Shell from H20 Life

H2o Life is on a tear lately with new products. Sacallops on the half shell is a new product that is great for bigger fish. These are uncooked scallops that are all natural and packaged in a easy to handle…

Voracity Food enrichment from Gourmet Reef Cuisine

Gourmet Reef Cuisine new Voracity is a “food enrichment which is a powerful combination of all the key ingredients necessary for maximum food enrichment in one compressive, all natural, easy to use formula that is safe for both marine and…

New Juvenile hybrid clarion/passer collected

There is going to be a new entry to the reef world very soon, a rare small juvenile hybrid clarion/passer that has been found down by Mexico. You’ll notice the “short white stripe in place of a blue one” with…

ProfiLux 3 upgrade kit seen, to be $198 until the end of October

Even though GHL has released the ProFilux III system already, you might be one of the thousands of owners of a ProFilux II or Profilux II ex system. Thankfully you’ll be able to upgrade your unit from a II to…

Stop buying saltwater fish from PETCO

Most of you know about PETCO and their saltwater fish problems. It is no secret. For years, PETCO has had a real problem keeping saltwater fish and livestock alive. I’m not sure why they have this problem. It’s not exactly…

Carnivore Creole fish food comes to market

Carnivore Creole is a new type of food designed for yes, you guessed it carnivores. It said to be a “unique blend of naturally occurring food sources necessary to keep your predatory marine life healthy and happy.  Particle sizes are…

Reflekta’s PM3 Dimmable T5 lighting fixtures

Reflekta, a company out of the republic of Slovenija has released a new type of T5 lighting system that you won’t be able to get in many places. The T5 lighting fixture features their PM3 light equiped in a nicely…

Peppermint Angelfish might be headed to the United States

It sure looks like the United States will get a Paracentropyge boylei (Peppermint Angelfish) sometime soon. The chaos started with Live Aquaria posting a update on their social networking properties, like for example twitter. The update went like this: Kevin…

MACNA 2009 in Pictures–The Exhibitors

After the onslaught that was MACNA, we have pictures on some of the booth photos that were on display at MACNA. There was a variety of different booths displayed at MACNA with varying budgets and difficulty with setting up each…