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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.

Freshwater Amazonas Magazine will soon be available in English

Amazonas Magazine, the sister publication to the widely circulated CORAL magazine, will soon be made in English to compliment its German beginnings. CORAL magazine which is already published in several languages has been a great source of marine and aquarium…

LiveAquaria and ORA partnered up to produce more Mcculochi clownfish

If you’ve been hankering for one little tank-bred Mcculochi clownfish your chances to get this black devil darling of a clownfish is about to get a whole lot more affordable. Tonight LiveAquaria will post the first new specimens of the…

Sunlight Supply’s new SS-LED fixture will be all tubes or hybrid with T5

Sunlight Supply has been cautiously dabbling in the market for LED aquarium lights, first in distributing AquaIllumination LED products and now with a couple new LED lights of their own. The SS-LED is populated with LED tubes similar to the…

LiveAquaria’s flathead perch duo acts like a pair of adorable puppy dogs

A week ago we had the distinct privilege of kicking it at LiveAquaria and among all the treasures we discovered, we got to meet the wonderful pair of flathead perch living in one of the display aquariums in Kevin Kohen’s…

Apet Inc. demonstrates some serious skills in the design and installation of commercial scale filtration

Apet Incorporated is a large wholesaler of live animals in the Chicago area with a significant amount of space devoted to aquatic livestock. Although Apet has been in business for thirty years, their new facility is only two years old…

Orange Leptoseris coral is a perfect storm of color, texture and pattern

Leptoseris coral is probably one of the coolest yet least talked about corals on the stony side of the reef aquarium hobby. There are a few reasons for this, first off this coral is predominantly found in deeper water, so…

The large acrylic tank maker Tenecor is out of business

Tenecor was once one of the big dogs in the business of specialty, custom and jumbo size acrylic aquariums but it appears that Tenecor is no more. Times are tough and the economy is taking a toll on all types…

Tokyo Tart Acan Lord from Cherry Corals is your Saturday coral eye candy

Once in a while a coral appears which is so sensational in color and pattern that it deserves a unique name and a dedicated post. The Tokyo Tart is a very unique strain of Acanthastrea lordhowensis that was obtained by Cherry…

First look at the production HydroWizard medium pump, now rated for 15K GPH

If you’re part of the two maybe three people in the market for a DC propeller water pump that can push 12,000 gallons per hour you’re in luck because the final design of the HydroWizard can now flow up to…

Aquarium Design Group’s goldfish aquarium layout is loaded with style

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi-Wn5nKi8[/youtube] How good does a goldfish aquarium have to be to make the front page of a marine aquarium and reefing blog? This good. Forget the fact that this tank is freshwater, forget that it’s coldwater and even…