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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.

Breeders Blend from Rod’s Food is designed to get your fish in the mood

Breeders Blend is a new frozen fish food from Rod’s Food which is specially formulated to help condition your fish into prime breeding shape. Starting with the original formula of Rod’s Food, the Breeders Blend does away with the smaller…

NanoBox 12 LED reef light is a cute little package from NanoBox Reef

The NanoBox 12 LED reef aquarium lights is a cute little number from NanoBox Reef which packs a lot of punch in a pico sized package. Measuring in at 12 x 4 inches and just over an inch thick (~3cm),…

Carp-Hunters get mideval on waterskis against invasive asian carp

If you are drinking something, you’ll probably want to set it down before you watch this video of the Carp hunters. The “water-skiing ninjas’ apparently have a grudge against the invasive asian carp which have grown to enormous numbers in…

Edith Widder gives another TED presentation on Bioluminescence

Eddith Widder’s first TED presentation on bioluminescence must have been such a hit that she has already been re-invited to give another expose of glowing sealife. Last time Dr. Widder hinted at new devices to capture and study deep sea…

Berghia breeding book by Dene Banger now available at Premium Aquatics

One thing we totally love about the aquarium hobby/industry is how obsessive some people can be about one small aspect of marine aquatics, and then how they can take that passion to the next level by publishing a book on…

Live argonaut video shows this stunning and unusual cephalopod

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/23495195[/vimeo] This live argonaut was filmed on a Spanish beach, where a tourist reached to pick it up thinking it was a seashell. Indeed the pelagic argonaut may have been moments from washing up on the beach, at…

Liopropoma lunulatum brought up alive from the depths for the first time

Liopropoma lunulatum is the latest uber rarity to be collected from the depths of the Celebes Sea, right alongside that amazing Sacura speciosa we told you about earlier this week. This 4.5 inch fish was collected at a depth beyond…

Cave basslet spawning caught on video with the help of red night-time LEDs

This short video of spawning cave basslets, Liopropoma mowbrayi, may not rouse the excitement of that many reefers but it bears witness to the use of red LEDs for night time viewing. Black Rock Reef filmed the anticlimactic release of…

Le Reef Tank de Michel is one large mature reefscape

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgZleSzC2k[/youtube] This beautiful reef aquarium is a French creation by reef aquarist Michel who lives at La Chevrolière near Nantes in France. The two meter reef tank (6.5 feet) is completely filled with large and well grown in coral colonies…

iPad app review: SeaHD by Air Sea Land and Reef Critters Hawaii by Keoki Stender

The Apple iPad has been out long enough now that we are finally starting to see some really nice applications developed exclusively for the larger touchscreen of the popular portable tablet computer. The SeaHD app by Air Land Sea and…