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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.

Unprecedented close up look at Odontanthias katayamai on video

Our first look at this new video of Odontanthias katayamai made our heart palpate a little bit. Like the previous live specimen of O. katayamai, this stunning specimen of anthias was collected by Deep Sea Challengers in Japan at the incredible depth…

CAD Lights Conic Bioreactor 3-way valve explained and demonstrated

The Conic Bio Reactor from CAD Lights is an interesting biopellet mixer which has one special trick up its conical sleeve – a three-way valve that allows adjustment of water through the reactor without affecting the tumbling of the biopellets.…

Siraya LED fixture from Finnex houses three Schuber Wright AC LED spot lights

The Siraya LED fixture is an attractive new aquarium light from Finnex which sports three Schuber Wright AC LED spotlights. Each of the AC LED spots are about four watts each yet they run cooler and more efficiently than a…

Sicce Syncra 4 & 5 water pumps have new and improved silencing features

The Sicce Syncra water pumps are some of the quietest and most efficient on the market, yet that hasn’t stopped their maker from perfecting the design. Feeling like they had some room to improve the larger Syncra 4 and Syncra…

Hands on with the beautifully designed and constructed Digital Aquatics Lifeguard

The Digital Aquatics Lifeguard aquarium monitoring device is an attractive piece of kit which has the potential to be as useful as it is beautiful. Encased in a gun-metal black anodized aluminum housing, the Lifeguard looks ready for heavy duty…

Kordon Coral Sea Complete comes pre-conditioned with Amquel

Coral Sea complete is a new salt from Kordon, the company that brought us Amquel dechlorinator and live food in breather bags. Kordon Coral Sea Complete is available in four sizes, seems pretty affordable and the 50 gallon packaging is…

Sicce Nano LED spied next to AM466 at Marine Aquarium Expo

The Sicce Nano LED is an unexpected little present from the famed Italian pump makers. With the same design styling cues as the Sicce LED, the Sicce Nano LED is a field of low output LEDs sandwiched between a bit…

CorAffixPro by Two LIttle Fishes is a super sticky icky super glue gel

CorAffix Pro is a new super glue gel from Two LIttle Fishes which is not unlike Ecotech Marine’s Ecotech Elements Coral Glue. Super sticky and fast-setting super glue gel, check. $49 for a 295ml bottle with a red pin cap,…

Kessil A350 LED Tuna Blue LED spotlight images leaked by clueless netizen

The Kessil A350 LED spotlight is real and we have the pictures to prove it! As we suspected, the Kessil A350 “Tuna Blue” is the same form factor as Kessil’s H350 hydroponic lights save for a couple features. Funnily enough, these…

Waterproof iPhone focuses on taking underwater photos

If we have to cover one more stupid waterproof camera, phone case or tablet we are going to shoot ourselves. Unless it’s a useful waterproofing accessory that lets you do more with your device like this new waterproof iPhone case…