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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.

Part two of ReefStock 2012 coverage by Mr. Saltwater Tank

As promised, here is the second part of the video coverage of ReefStock 2012 by Mr. Saltwater Tank. Like previous years, ReefStock had lots of new products to show off and Mark Callahan went around to all the booths and…

Actinic PowerLED with blue and white light coming soon from Eheim

The Blue PowerLED for Eheim Aquastyle nano aquariums that was first teased last fall has gotten the green light for production and we will soon see these in three flavors. Eheim is currently testing and evaluating the PowerLED in three…

Wild clownfish video is the ultimate footage of amphiprion and anemones

If you have a single clownfish loving bone in your body, then you have to watch this amazing preview of the forthcoming nature DVD, Anemonefish: Nature’s Aquarium. The preview features many different species of anemonefish in the wild, hosting in the various…

CAD Lights Multi Chip LED lights in 30, 50 and 100 watts

CAD Lights has already dabbled in just about every type of LED imaginable, so it was only a matter of time before they produced a nice package of multichip LEDs. Coming in three sizes, the CAD Lights Multichip LED lights feature built…

Eclipse Smart, Max and Color LED lights from Veritas Controls offer great features in an attractive fixture

The Eclipse LED lights are some of the first we’ve seen that make excellent use of the heatsink to wrap the components in an attractive enclosure. Coming in three types, the Eclipse Smart, Eclipse Max and Eclipse Color, the LED…

Lytro light field trip at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

https://pictures.lytro.com/lightmatter/pictures/72476 It’s no secret that we love the Lytro light field camera, and we are not the only ones to think that the bleeding edge light field camera is perfect for aquariums. This sequence of shots taken at the Monterey…

Kessil Tuna Blue possibly the star of Marine Depot’s New LED Light video

Marine Depot sells pretty good marine aquarium goods, especially when it comes to LED lights. So imagine how our attention piqued when we saw that the Depot had uploaded a new video entitled simply “New LED Light”. Curiously, this video…

Everything you want to know about the Digital Aquatics Lifeguard in 4 minutes

We’ve been covering the Digital Aquatics Lifeguard aquarium monitoring device for several weeks now. We know what the Lifeguard can do, we know what it looks like and how much it costs. Just in case you wanted to know everything…

Sicce AquaLife Hyper Coral Food uses chirality to target corals instead of skimmers

Hyper Coral Food from AquaLife is a new liquid aquarium supplement that adds essential amino acids that corals need, but which won’t be skimmed out by the protein skimmer. AquaLife Hyper Coral Food is the first aquarium additive from Sicce that will…

New and improved Hydor Performer Calcium Reactor coming soon

The Hydor Performer Calcium Reactor has been around for quite a while, attracting little attention during that time, but a nice new design overhaul ought to change all that. The new Performer Calcium Reactor uses higher strength and clarity acrylic,…