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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.

Nuvo Aquarium Micro 30 and Mini 38 are a fresh take on the all-in-one aquarium from Innovative Marine

Nuvo Aquarium is a new line of all-in-one tanks from Innovative Marine, the company recently formed by former movers and shakers at JBJ. JBJ’s Nanocube all-in-one aquariums were some of the trailblazers of the sub-segment of the nano reef aquarium…

Innovative Marine launched by former heads of JBJ aquarium products

About a week ago it came to our attention that there was some major reshuffling over at JBJ, makers of a wide range of foreign made aquarium products. While we wondered about what JBJ was going to do with itself…

Hey Students, don’t forget to include MACNA in your back to school plans

A new school year is just around the corner which means that parents are looking for deals on back-to-school supplies like clothes, backpacks, laptops and anything that can help kids excel at learning. Well here’s a thought, since MACNA 2011…

ZooMed Nano 501 & 511 canister filters for tanks up to ten and thirty gallons

The Nano 501 and 511 canister filters from ZooMed are little external filter boxes for thorough filtration of diminutive aquaria. Although tanks in the 10 to 30 gallon range have typically been the domain of aesthetically distracting power filters that…

Blenny Week and Blenny Hunters are a much needed relief from Shark Week overload

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHyp0Hz_pgM[/youtube] Blenny Week is a new YouTube Channel featuring the Blenny Hunters and their exploits discovering and documenting blennies all over the world. Blenny Week and Blenny hunters appears to be the brainchild of several legendary diver-fish photographers…

New details and pricing for the modular AquaticLife LED strips

The modular LED striplights from AquaticLife that were first spotted at the Sunlight Supply booth in Seattle a week ago seemed interesting on first glance, and we’ve now got new details to support our initial hunch. Unlike most LED striplights…

Green branching Psammocora is the latest coral now available from ORA

Green branching Psammocora is an incredibly hardy and easily colored stony coral and now it will be available captive grown from Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums. ORA announced the availability of their ‘Kelly Green Psammocora’ which has been in culture for…

‘This American Life’ explores our broken patent system and how it got that way

The latest episode of the popular radio show This American Life discusses some of the current challenges facing prospective inventors of novel ideas and how the US Patent System is being gamed by patent trolls. Most American reefers are well…

Insane Trachyphyllia from Route 66 Marine outshines even some top shelf Scolymia

Trachyphyllia geoffroyi is imported in such vast numbers from the Indo Pacific, and considerable numbers from Australia, that it’s easy to forget how beautiful ‘Trachies’ can be. Case in point is this mind blowing, jaw-dropping insane Australian Trachyphyllia imported by…

New lightning maroon clownfish video emerges showing a successful pairing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98hthaSPkKM[/youtube] It only took 18 months but our very own Matt Pedersen has finally succeeded in growing up the lightning maroon clownfish and pairing it with compatible partner. When the lightning maroon clownfish was initially imported, it was so small…