Jake Adams
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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.

AI Sol “Phoenix” is a new cheaper, brighter and wireless LED light from AquaIllumination

AquaIllumination is showing a brand new LED light which is codenamed “Phoenix”. If the first AI Nano LED was half of an AI Sol, then the new AI Sol “Phoenix” is now a double-stack of AI Nano LEDs. The new…

Panorama Pro fixture from Ecoxotic is a skinny little number

With the old Panorama fixture out of stock, it was a pretty safe bet we’d see a new Panorama Pro fixture from Ecoxotic and here it is. The New Panorama Pro fixture is about an inch and half thick, with…

Ecotech Marine Radion LED Photos

Ecotech Marine finally released pictures of their Radion XR 30w to the masses. While we are sure you’re very familiar with the specs of the new LED light Ecotech has been holding out on the pictures. Hit the jump link…

Vertex Cerebra and Libra touchscreen have been retooled to be completely flush-mounted

Vertex Aquaristik hasn’t even set up their booth but that hasn’t stopped us from laying eyes on the gorgeous new touchscreen for the Cerebra aquarium controller and forthcoming Libra dosing pump. It’s been a while since we’ve heard much about…

Ecotech Radion XR30 finally seen in the wild

There you have it folks, the first photograph of the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 LED aquarium light. The Radio XR30 picture is taken with a camera phone at a slightly upward angle, but even in this picture you can see…

Multicolor Illumagic Blaze Advance LED is packing UV

TheIllumagic Blaze Advance LED is the new version of the Illumagic LED light which now includes more action in the blue end of the light spectrum including ultraviolet (UV) LEDs.The Illumagic Blaze Advance LED comes in three color fixtures inclluding…

Aqualight LED spied at the MACNA Coralife booth

MACNA setup is still in full swing yet we’re already on the ground spying some new products for the reef aquarium scene. First up is the Coralife Aqualight LED, a hefty (thick) LED aquarium light with a built in controller…

Odontanthias randalli, another deepwater anthias described from Lombok Indonesia

Odontanthias randalli is the newest species of anthias to be described from this fantastic genus of colorful reef fish. Hailing from the southern region of Indonesia, O. randalli was described from specimens discovered in Lombok fish markets which were caught…

Panorama LED fixtures completely out of stock on Ecoxotic webstore, perhaps prepping for something new

You may be able to purchase the Panorama LED fixture online and from your LFS but right now the Ecoxotic website lists their flagship light as being completely out of stock. Neither of the 18 or 24″ Panorama fixtures are…

Zoanthids with forked tentacles look like mini hammer corals

When it comes to corals, Zoanthids have the capacity to do some very unusual things, including strange colors and now we have some documentation of aberrant tentacles. The forked tentacles of the Zoanthids pictured here were discovered by Nano-Reef member…