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.

K2 Pinwheel from Warner marine pulls a lot of air

Warner Marine has released a new pinwheel designed for the K-2 cone skimmer that offers some nice improvements. No doubt you’ve noticed the smaller diameter and longer pins above when compared to the older pinwheel that it is replacing.  The…

VS Series from Euro Reef VS 135 gets its picture taken

Euro Reef’s new VS series protein skimmer has been pushed via several marketing campaigns for a while now but no pictures of the actual unit have surfaced on the internet…until now. The VS series from Euro Reef is the lower…

Algae Problems? Rent a Sea Hare for £12

Algae. It’s a problem. It’s such a big problem that a recent study conducted found out the number one reason for quitting this hobby besides financial reasons was because they “couldn’t get rid of algae”. Seriously?  Along those lines one…

AeroForce from CPR gets outed on video

Last month we showed you the new CPR bak pak type protein skimmer named the AeroForce. It was being displayed at IMAC west in a prototype version. After nearly a decade of minor and incremental upgrades to the workhorse BakPak…

The Bucket Vaccum makes saltwater run scared

How many of us have spilled saltwater all over the floor? Or how about cleaning up a leaking sump? Don’t you wish you could suck all that water up using your bucket? Now you can! Say hello to the bucket…

New ORA Release: Blue Iris Acropora

ORA has released another new coral named Blue Iris. The interesting thing about this new coal is that ORA didn’t take the Blue Iris under 20k’s so the blue tips aren’t as vivid as they normally would be. In fact,…

TC 3070 from Deltec deemed to satisfy gunk geeks

Why is it that we like to put our finger into things and pull out skimmer junk ? It’s a relatively common thing to do. But just to be sure, we are all clear that a protein skimmer skims organic…

Eshopps Economy cone skimmer seen on video

Eshopps has been on a tear lately with several new products and teases. The latest is a quick view of their economy skimmer ( S-150) that is sure to impress with its cone design and all. We hear that’s all…

Pump Control unit from GHL

We’ve received more information about the Pump control unit that is coming out for ProFilux users. Like we mentioned earlier, this pump control is a 2 Channel pump controller for 12V pumps.  What we didn’t know is the price and…

Eshopps 2nd Generation Nano Skimmer teased on video

Eshopps 2nd generation nano skimmer is being teased on video. With clever deducing we’ve come to the conclusion that it produces bubbles. Bubbles that look like a nice cup of foam. Yum. We love foam. That’s the benefit of having…