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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 one of ReefStock 2012 video coverage by Mr. Saltwater Tank

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/39362654[/vimeo] If you didn’t make it to Denver Colorado for ReefStock this year and you missed our liveblog of the many new products unveiled there, fret not because Mr. Saltwater Tank was in the house. In this first part…

Sicce AM650 photos give a close up of the build quality of the new Sicce LED

The first few product shots of the Sicce LED were barely enough to tease us with something special to see to look at.  Maybe it’s the svelte design, or the use of low power white and high power blue LEDs,…

Can you believe someone in the US is hand making wooden airstones?

When Calen Harmon of Gnome Glass told us he had sourced some high quality wooden airstones in a dizzying array of sizes at an affordable price, we were thrilled. When he told us they were handmade in the US we…

Finnex Ray 2 LED strip light has two lanes of white or blue diodes

The Ray 2 LED striplight coming soon from Finnex is an interesting LED aquarium light which straddles the line between a striplight and a fixture. At just one inch thick and three inches wide with tapering edges, the Finnex Ray 2 LED…

Digital Aquatics SL2v2 spied in a teaser shots

The SL2v2 module for the Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper aquarium controllers will finally be seen in action this weekend at MAX in Orange, CA. First announced in February, the SL2v2 module is lined up to replace the old SL2 module which…

Hands on with the Flipper magnetic aquarium cleaner and scraper – it floats!

If you are at all a fan of the Mag-Flip magnetic aquarium glass cleaner and scraper, then you are going to love the Fl!pper. At first we were confused as to how the Fl!pper was on the market with such…

Mr. Kang’s Korean reef aquarium is a field of exquisite corals on an elegant aquascape

When we first happen upon a reef aquarium in pictures or real life, one of the first things we look for is the way that the tank is unique, in what it does well. As far as we’re concerned, this…

Sicce LED aquarium light packs an army of diodes in an attractive design

The Sicce LED is a welcome yet unexpected product from the company that specializes in making really, really good aquarium water pumps. Coming in two models, the 110 watt AM466 and 170 watt AM650, the Sicce LED is a passively…

Prognathodes guyanensis pictured up close in this video by B-Box Aquarium

Prognathodes guyanensis is a rare deepwater butterflyfish from the Caribbean which is very infrequently available; maybe one or two appear in the aquarium trade every year. Also known as the French butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis is much less known than the bank’s…

Waveline DC-5000 variable speed pump unboxed on video

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKvbqqyuMNI[/youtube] If you’ve had your curiosity piqued by the new Waveline DC-5000, this unboxing shows the main guts of this interesting variable speed pump. In addition to be a high efficiency and controllable water pump, the Waveline DC-5000…