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.

Instructions for Fauna Marin’s new Light Balling method

The balling method is a popular method in which to provide your aquarium with calcium, magnesium, carbonate hardness and trace elements. However, strong lighting, stony coral husbandry and special bacterial systems have changed the water chemistry requirements, which made it…

MSX300A protein skimmer from Marine Solutions still isn’t available yet

Way back in May, Marine Solutions announced their new MSX300A protein skimmer. They teased that the price would be $1799 poking fun at higher-end skimmers only to reveal that the price would be around $800. The skimmer has a foot…

Vortech caught by Thermal Camera

We really don’t know what is better. Owning a vortech, or owning a vortech and a thermal camera. That is exactly what one hobbyist has. A Thermal Camera. He hooked up his thermal camera and took some snaps of warm…

Decorator crab captured stealing zoos from Coral Morphologic

So this is where all those amazingly beautiful zoas have been going to. It makes perfect sense. Read

BM-TO1 a new dosing pump from Bubble Magus

Bubble Magus, a company that produces replicas saltwater aquarium products has gone ahead and released a new  dosing pump (BM-TO1). This dosing pump uses an “American sourced microchip” along with a “5 torque motor”.  This BM-TO1 model has the option…

New Digital Aquatics Product catalog spotted

We got our paws on the measily cover of Digital Aquatics new catalog. Keep in mind this is only the cover and if rumors are true we should expect to see a slew of new products. New products that will…

Mr Aqua Frameless Glass Aquarium tanks

With the current rage of Rimless aquariums comes a new line of aquariums from Mr Aqua. These new rimless aquariums feature the rimless design and feature a extra fine silicone finish. These aquariums are available in a variety of sizes…

i-TECH’s new skimmer pump has needlewheel + Laguna goodness

iTech skimmers has released a new motor upgrade for their skimmers. The upgrade is based off of the Laguna Max-flo 1500 that has  a custom CNC milled volute and custom 106 pin needle-wheel. Like all things needlewheel, it has been …

NeoMarine Salt getting good testing results

NeoMarine the new salt by Brightwell has been received well by the hobbyist and amateur audience. Vivid Aquariums, one of the the nicest local fish stores in the country had the chance to mix up batches of the salt to…

Aqua Illumination Modular LED lighting getting refreshed

Aqua Illumination, the company that still produces LED lighting units is set to launch a refresh of their LED lighting units. From these rendered images not much as changed externally. The heatsinks will still be on the updated models giving…