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.

Aquarium Stimulus Program: Prodibio Biokit Reef

Want to get your hands on a Prodibio reef Biokit? Here is your chance, be sure to read the rules below. Leave a comment below. Seriously, you can put anything you want. You may only enter this specific giveaway once.…

Brightwell Aquatics NeoMarine Salt gets priced, shipping

Brightwell Aquatics has just released their NeoMarine Reef Salt which is specifically designed to mix up as close to natural seawater as possible. Like we covered earlier, the salt was said to be released June 15th and we have reports…

Afternoon Deals

Marine Depot: Joe`s Juice Aiptasia Eliminator 20 mL $6.74 ($9.99) Unique Corals: Royal Creamsicle Zoanthid $20.00-20% (Code: RB20) $16 Ocean Gallery II: Much sought after Tubs Blue zoanthids.  10-15 polyps per frag. $50 Premium Aquatics: SWC Xtreme Cone 250A Protein…

JBJ Nano Glo Refugium LED lighting

JBJ’s new Nano Glo LED lighting system is made for your refugium and includes 4 high intensity LED’s that are great for macro alage that help with the removal of phosphates and nitrates. The light is magnetically mounted so it…

Salifert Energy Plus marine food available now

A new food on the market from Salifert called “Energy plus” is designed for fish between 1-5 inches that should give them a tasty snack to feed on. Salifert is touting this new food as not polluting the water as…

Aqua Medic’s new Ocean Prop 15000, pushes water around

Aqua Medic’s new Ocean Prop 15000 is a new water pump and like the name implies is prop based. We suppose it was only a mater of time before Aqua Medic jumped on the prop bandwagon, it does make sense…

Vortech MP 10 shipping out today…did you pre order?

Tomorrow has turned into today. And with that, the Vortech MP 10 have begun shipping to retailers across the country. In case you’ve been on the otherside of the planet in a cave away from our coverage of Ecotech Marine’s…

Argent Cyclop-eez Deep Frozen Pouch

While the vast majority of us have used CYCLOP-EEZE, this is the first time the product has been packaged in a smaller frozen form for consumers. You might have added this as part of your own frozen food that you…

Winner of the Prodibio Reef is…

Congratulations to Jon Shively for winning the Prodibio reef kit. Look out for the next ASP coming up real soon.

Sponsor Deals: Clearance Inventory on internal Skimmers at Premium Aquatics

In the market for a backup skimmer or a new skimmer for your system and/or tank? Premium Aquatics is clearing out inventory of sedra powered protein skimmers with prices starting at only $200 for a skimmer than can handle up…