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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.

G2 Extreme from Maxspect will now be using four 15 watt multichip LEDs

In the constant pursuit of better spread and usability, Maxspect has made a change to it’s G2 160 Extreme model that should make it even more desirable. The G2-160 is currently using two large 30 watt multichip LEDs which produce…

The Wrasse Blenny is exactly the kind of oddball fish you’d expect to find at Old Town Aquarium

it is invariable that any time we visit Old Town Aquarium in Chicago, we are bound to not only come across some cool fish, but some rare oddballs which we’ve never seen, and rarely even thought about. On this visit…

Vitrea Unico 56 is a classy aquarium set up with a lot of glass

The Vitrea 56 is a unique aquarium set up which is very easy to look at. With a high clarity glass tank, a glass sump, a glass LED light and even glass in the trim of the stand, Vitrea’s Unico…

Patterns of schooling fish in the 200,000 gallon Phillipine Reef of the Steinhart Aquarium

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZSINQ0N0l0[/youtube] There’s truly no better way to start the week than by transporting yourself to an imaginary place by watching an awesome reef video. Last week we had the Cozumel Dive video on an actual Caribbean reef and…

AquaEl HPP-600 is an interesting inline pump with the potential to fill a unique role

[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubMfB9TpeE0&feature=sub[/youtube] The HPP-600 water pump from Polish AquaEl is an unusual inline water pump with the potential to fill some unique roles. At 22 watts, the AquaEl HPP-600 can pump a maximum height of four meters (13 feet)…

Aquatic Dreams 600 gallon reef tank a few months after the move to Post Falls, Idaho

A couple weeks ago we brought you the two year update of Steve Hurlock’s Mountain Reef and this week we’ve got a new video of the 600 gallon reef tank by Aquatic Dreams. In August of 2009 we shared a…

Hybrid Reeflo pumps enables Dart-Snapper or Hammerhead-Barracuda conversions

The Hybrid Reeflo pumps are a novel idea from the aquarium industry leader in high capacity direct drive water pumps. Now when you buy a Snapper pump it will come with the impeller for upgrading to a Dart and when…

The Portal viewer can magnify corals really well, Acro IDs will never be the same

  The Portal aquarium magnifying glass is amazing. How amazing you ask? Do yourself a favor and click on the image above to see the full size image of this ingenious, affordable accessory in action. For up to 18 inches…

AcanLighting A104 delivers excellent color with only two LED types

The AcanLighting A104 is the newest LED light from the young aquarium lighting company and we were quite impressed with our first sighting of the A104 running over corals at the Age of Aquariums booth this weekend. The fanless and…

Red Epizoanthus from Cortez Marine are sure to please the Azoox and NPS reefers

Red Epizoanthus are not new to the hobby, but it certainly has been a long time since we’ve seen them around. A few years ago the mainstream reefing crowd could have cared less about non-photosynthetic zoanthids but like the white…