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Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.

Triangular EvoSlim from ReefKoi bring a nice slant on BridgeLux LEDs, two watts at a time

Reefkoi’s Evolution LED striplights have a new design for their Evoslim LED with a triangle profile which is designed with better mounting and heat management in mind. The new triangular Evoslim LED is 1.25 inches with and 7/8 of an…

The Algae Magnet scrapers of InterZoo 2012

Rather than hashing out all of the new algae magnet scrapers of InterZoo 2012 one by one, we thought it would be easier to give you all the full rundown in one go. After all, a magnet is a magnet…

ATI LED-Powermodul T5 + LED reef light with higher intensity blue Philips diodes, thunderstorms too

The ATI LED Powermodul reef aquarium light is one of the first packages to combine the best of high performance T5 lights with some of the newest generation of high output LEDs. ATI already has made a name for itself…

Super Mario Aquarium is about as awesome and geeky as fish tanks can get

The Super Mario aquarium is what you get when you mix aquarium creativity with a love of video games and the world’s best toy building blocks, LEGOs! This faithful recreation of Super Mario Bros. 1 in a 55 gallon aquarium…

Elos PS200 power skimmer fully reviewed by Elos France

The Elos fanboys who weren’t satiated by the Elos PS200 teaser and video will take delight in a full review by Elos France. The complete rundown of the Elos PS200 power skimmer is brought to you by part of the…

Lytro pictures of the Estherea Hotel reef aquarium by Jan Willem Esselaar

By now you should be keenly aware of our little infatuation with Lytro’s light field camera photography when coupled with beautiful coral reef aquarium scenery. With this point in mind, the amazing aquarium of Jan Willem Esselaar in teh Estherea…

InterZoo 2012 video of aquarium companies: Rio, Tunze, Vortech, Radion, Schuran and Mitras all get some time in the spotlight

InterZoo 2012 in Nuremberg Germany was an amazing time, and a stimulus overload for any diehard aquarium and reef tank junky. The amazing displays found in the InterZoo booths of Rio, Ecotech Marine, GHL and Schuran are all given a…

AquaEl ReefMax XL is the first all-in-one aquarium with a touch screen controller

The AquaEl ReefMax XL is a new all-in-one (AIO) reef tank from the Polish aquarium product manufacturer. The ReefMax from AquaEl seems to be specifically targeting the high end AIO market which was grown in large part by the Red…

Gorgeous BlackReef controller shown off with its independent modules

The Blackreef controller has been teased first in a brochure and then in a video demonstrating its touchscreen controller user interface. Of all the things the Blackreef controller has going for it, the iPhone-esque ‘remote’ is what excites us the…

AquaLighter LED are slim and sleek LED striplights from the Ukraine

The AquaLighter LED striplights and nano LED fixtures are made with a design that stood out among a sea of other LEDs displayed at InterZoo. Whereas the huge range of unmentioned LED strips are made in China, the sleek and…