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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.

Incrediscoly outshines even the Spirograph Scolymia

Speaking of masterpieces, this incredible Scolymia australis dubbed the ‘Incrediscoly’ by Cherry Corals is an LPS to remember. The Incrediscoly may not have as much contrast of patterning as the original Spirograph Scolymia, but it more than makes up for…

Vivaldi’s new reef tank is a masterpiece in the making

Normally when we post full tank shots on Reef Buidlers, without exception these are tanks that already look good, tank of the month, mature aquarium with a nicely aquascaped reef or coral structure. As soon as we watched this video…

Awesome video clearly explains what reef aquarium passion is all about

The next time a curious onlooker asks “Why Fish?” regarding our collective obsession with the aquarium hobby, we suggest you reach for a computer and just show them this video by Scion Magazine. It is awesome to see great Cali…

Tunze 7092 Wavecontroller gets thoroughly showcased on video

The Tunze Wavecontroller 7092 is a refreshed module from Tunze which combines the features of the Singlecontroller 7091 and the Wavecontroller 6091. Mark Callahan has produced an excellent and thorough video on the 7092 Wavecontroller, and especially how it is…

Blue Photo Sponge, Collospongia auris, seems to be growing well in reef tanks

When the Blue Photo Sponge, Collospongia auris, first started to become available in the marine ornamental trade, we were apprehensive that this reef organism wouldn’t take over and smother corals like the chicken liver sponge often does. We’ve now seen…

AI LED firmware 3.0 delivers 3-channel control, thunderstorms and advanced timer sequences

The AI LED firmware 3 has been out for almost a week now and we’re really pleased with all the new upgrades. You gotta love the beauty of electronic devices like the AI LED which can deliver new functionality through…

Unusual dottyback shows inverse coloration of Pictichromis caitlinae

We have here a few images documenting what appears to be a Pictichromis diadema with an unusual magenta coloration. Whereas P. diadema has a patch of magenta solely on the topside of it’s head and anterior part of the body…

Coral Morphologic projected ‘Artificial Reef’ on prominent buildings of Miami Beach

[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/17663424[/vimeo] You may know Coral Morphologic as the guys from Florida with all the crazy zoanthids and St. Thomas mushrooms but Core-More has always had a strong artistic penchant for everything they do. The latest project by Coral…

Flying squids spotted, we welcome our new ceph overlords

That’s it folks! Squids have learned to fly and we are ready to submit to the new Ceph Overlords. A shoal of eight-inch blue squid called Todarodes pacificus were captured by photographer Graham Ekins while leaping out of the water…

Macro video of SPS polyps shows what it means to have good water flow

[youtube width=”670″ height=”410″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhHmRvhrOl0[/youtube] This video of Small Polyp Stony Corals from a macro point of view is an excellent example of what good water flow and polyp extension looks like. If you have an SPS coral tank and your corals…