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.

Profilux by GHL Powerbar brings power and intensity control

The new Dimmable Powerbar from GHL/Profilux works with the popular Profilux Controller via 0-10v port. It manipulates and regulates power for AC devices. Of those devices it manipulates most users use the powerbar for dimming T5 lighting arrays and 24w,…

Hot iPod white Deltecs TC3070 and SC2560 in the wild

While Deltec has just released information regarding their TC & SC skimmers, an in the wild photo shot has appeared from Aquarama that shows the models TC3070 and SC2560 in action. Also, the skimmers were already up for sale with…

LumenBright Hybrid Lighting with MH, T5 and LED

Although the concept isn’t new, this is the first time that Metal halide, T5s and LEDs have been paired with a LumenBright reflector in a commerical environment. The system is composed of a LumenBright reflector without a ballast, as the…

Profilux III guts shown for all to see

If you are a Profilux user, then you will want to pay close attention to the above photo that was leaked to the “internets”. The guts of the Profilux III are shown for all to see, but it gives us…

Typhoon skimmer 2 from Meerwasser-Technik

Another day, another new cone skimmer enters the market. Meerwasser Technik a German company has been making a variety of reef keeping equipment for some time now including Protein skimmers, zeolite and media reactors. They have recently released their new…

Reef Keeper Lite seen in the wild

The reefkeeper lite has been out for a little while now and it is surprising to us that we haven’t seen many shots of it in the wild. This shot which gave us the chuckles, is positioned in place by…

DIY: Tea Jar Auto Top-off

If you need a great DIY auto top off device, then you might want to look at this clever invention. The auto top off uses a Sun Tea jar, and a air tube that fills the tank automatically. How does…

Reef Crap: Tunze wavebox knockoff

The Tunze wavebox doesn’t have anything on this bad boy, nope not a thing.

AKARI’s new 60 LED 5 watt lamp

If you are a fan of pendant/lamp style spotlight lighting that originally was developed in Germany than you’ll want to check out Akari’s new 5 watt 60 LED lamp. The lamp which is made by Akari comes in several colors…

Rare Spot false clownfish appears, we want

Sure you might have a false Percula clownfish in your tank. You might even have a ORA Picasso clownfish,  or a black clownfish, but odds are you don’t have this rarity. This gem which the owner has named “spot” is…