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.

Fauna Marin Sea Fan system shown

The Fauna Marin sea fan system has finally crossed into North American Shores with the release and availability of their new sea fan product. Fauna Marin is boasting that “sea fan system comes with heaps of research and proven track…

Reef Octopus Gen II (2009) gets a face lift, still popular

Even in this recession the reef octopus protein skimmer is a popular low cost option. However, recently the skimmer was redesigned to incorporate recent trends in the protein skimmer industry. The new skimmer has a newly designed “cone” transition towards…

MAME nano glass protein skimmer III is big in Japan

What’s that? Your protein skimmer is still made from Acrylic aka dead dinosaurs? Tisk tisk. This beauty, aptly named the Mame skimmer â…¢ (mamesukima) which is produced by MAME Design isn’t just for your average tank. This hand-crafted ‘sukima’ is…

Dubai’s biggest coral reef moved

While some of us have moved our fair share of reef tanks to new homes and living spaces, few of us, if any at all have moved actual coral reefs. That is exactly what the scientists and coral gurus did…

World Reef Conference 2009 in Chicago

For those of you who live in the Chicago area then you’ll want to mark your calendars for October 3 to 4 for the first annual World Reef Conference. Technically, for those of you who live in Chicago, it is…

Are cone skimmers a fad? Deltec Seems to think so

Are cone skimmers here to stay or just another marketing trick to get the hobbyist to buy? One company, ATB, has built their entire skimmer range around the  cone design and it seems like more and more companies are offering…

Digital Aquatics Reef Keeper lite to go on sale for $99

Digital Aquatics is running a promotion during the summers months on the new Reef Keeper lite system. Originally priced at $149, the summer promotion will be allowing customers to purchase the new controller system for only $99. The promotion is…

MarineDepot: 33% off all AquaMaxx bulbs if Los Angeles Lakers win Championship

Marine Depot, the popular destination for all things marine and reef has announced a deal, that if the Los Angeles lakers win the NBA championship which would mean defeating the Orlando magic that they will give us a deal. What…

Coral Magazine winner is…

Our winner for the Coral Magazine is xiaan. For the rest of you, don’t worry we have boxes full of new stuff to get away. Be on the look out for new contests.

Fauna Marin’s website goes live

Fauna Marin announced a few weeks ago that they had planned to released a direct to consumer website that would allows users of the Fauna Marin range of products to purchase their products directly from them. The site officially launched…