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.

Marine animals group into clusters, in the deep sea and on reefs

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgrcgrNTSAE[/youtube] Energy and nutrients are not evenly distributed in the ocean, and sea creatures have evolved to zero-in on areas of their habitat which will be most conducive for the survival, growth and reproduction. The clustering of sea…

Orange branching Psammocora coming in from Fiji

Orange branching Psammocora is not a coral you’ll see being hyped up in the Red Light district of coral slinging, but that will change once reefers get a good look at a neon orange branching Psammocora. Although orange encrusting and…

New Era Aegis nutritional supplement now in a cold-extruded pellet

New Era Aquaculture is a company with a razor sharp focus on fish nutrition. Their cold processed flake and pelleted foods are particularly popular with display aquarium institutions for it’s high nutritional density and digestibility. One of the more unique…

Xyrichthys and Novaculops razor wrasses get featured in a video slideshow by Dietmar Schauer

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ircd7jBDEIg[/youtube] A couple weeks ago we shared with you some great shots of razor wrasses from Ghana and Vanuatu by Dietmar Schauer and then another of a sand wrasse from Australia by Russo’s Reef. If those images piqued…

LeDio ReefDeep new uber blue LED spotlight from Volx Japan

The LeDio ReefDeep is a new 27 watt LED spotlight from Volx Japan which delivers a punch of unadulterated blue spectrum in a single spotlight. Like the other 27 watt Ledio spotlights, the new ReefDeep uses all Cree XP series…

InTank media basket breathes new life into AquaClear 70 power filter

The AquaClear media basket from InTank is a really neat way to turn those dusty AC70 power filters into something much more useful. The specially designed, CNC-machined acrylic chambers of the AquaClear media basket cause water to flow completely through…

New Stunner LED colors and longer strips coming soon from Ecoxotic

If you’re a fan of the Stunner LED strips, then Ecoxotic has got some hot news for you: the stunner LED strips will soon be available in three more colors and three more lengths. The easy to use Stunner LED…

Black Diamond Leopoldi stingrays are a freshwater treasure

If you’re a saltwater aquarist, you may have never heard of black diamond stingrays, an eye-catching variety of the Leopoldi stingray, Potamotrygon leopoldi. Although black diamond stingrays are a freshwater fish, that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate them. Upon first…

Happy People Eater is the neatest new Zoanthid we’ve seen in a while

The Happy People Eater zoanthid from Happy Corals Inc. is a new and lovely strain of People Eater zoanthids which deserves a little air time. People-eater zoanthids of the Protopalythoa genus have always been among the most populars polyps in…

Yellowline goby available again from ORA this week

The yellowline goby, Elacatinus figaro, is a Brazilian endemic reef fish which is a strong candidate for the merits of captive breeding the fish we love. Several years back you could get the yellowline goby all day and all night…