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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.

Another look at the Lennardi wrasse and the Xanthic Potter’s Angelfish

If either the Anampses lennardi or the xanthic potter’s angelfish had landed this week, it would have been good news for rare fish fanciers. If these kinds of rare wrasses and angelfish make your heart skip a beat, having both…

Huge Japanese reef tank is loaded with giant corals

Information on this giant Japanese reef tank is scant yet we do know that this is one big honkin’ reef tank. Measuring in at 14,000 liters or about 3700 gallons, the reefscape of this tank is dominated by many large…

Apolemichthys kingi, the tiger angelfish

Blam! We bet you didn’t expect us to broadside you with a fresh new picture of the impossibly rare tiger angelfish, did ya? Apolemichthys kingi is a South African endemic angelfish and this studly tiger is still in that country…

Tunze Silence Electronic 1073.050 is controllable and affordable

The Tunze Silence Electronic is a variable speed centrifugal pump from Tunze which has a lot going for it. The electronic motor of the Tunze Silence Electronic is extremely efficient and very quiet. This electronic Tunze Silence pump can be…

AquaIllumination SOL LED 3.0 firmware update now available as a free download

The third revision of the AI LED Sol firmware, version 3.0 just went live on the AquaIllumination website. There is a disclaimer that the firmware is not in final release stage just quite yet, there may be some minor bugs,…

Anampses lennardi video documents nearly a dozen of these glorious wrasses at Route 66 Marine

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74_ZAsSxgg[/youtube] Anampses lennardi is the rarest of the rare wrasses and although we count their imports on one hand at a time, it appears that Route 66 Marine has succeeded in obtaining nearly a dozen of these amazing…

Plectranthias nanus is so nano

Don’t let the large macro photograph fool you, this Plectranthias nanus is barely topping out at 7/8th of an inch (22mm), total length. The adorable Plectranthias nanus is yet another little nano reef fish gem that Greenwich Aquaria has imported…

Hands-on with the Avast Marine MR10-18 media reactor

Avast Marine has been cranking an entire product line of reef aquarium equipment over the past few months and the latest of their products to come across our review bench (stool) is the 18inch version of the MR10 media reactor.…

AquaLEDs.de modular LED aquarium light in a waterproof and machined aluminum housing

AquaLEDs.de is a new company from Germany which will soon be releasing a new line of LED reef aquarium lights. The AquaLEDs.de lights are machined from a solid aluminum housing and are IP67 waterproof rated, so they are sealed good…

Telephone aquarium booth brings some flair to the urban art scene

The Aquarium Telephone booth is an installation which might make you think again about what vessels are supposed to be used for aquarium fish. Following the quasi-total abandonment of telephone booths due to the ubiquity of cellular phones, artists Benedetto…