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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.

Beautiful pair of wrought iron butterflyfish caught on video

[youtube width=”670″ height=”425″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H8jd_4NKL8[/youtube] Wrought Iron butterflyfish are unique among the Chaetodon for their black coloration, strong schooling behavior but most of all they just look totally freakin cool. Furthermore, their subtropical distribution in the waters around Japan means that these…

Sky Blue and Red Sun T5 lamps brings the UVL color palette up to eight

The Sky Blue and Red Sun T5 lamps from UVL are the newest colors to be added to the palette of the veteran fluorescent lamp manufacturer. The high output T5 lamp is still the dominant lighting form factor of choice…

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Acropora spathulata is the “thick milli Acro” endemic to Australia

Acropora millepora is one of the most iconic and recognizable SPS corals on the reef and in the aquarium trade. However, within shipments of Australian Acro Millis we’ve secretly been receiving a lurker species endemic to Australian reefs, Acropora spathulata.…

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Salinity shortstack bucket coming Winter 2010 from Seachem

The Seachem Salinity shortstack is a great option for those of you not needing a huge supply of salt. The diminutive bucket still gives you a lot of spread making up around 120 gallons of water at a salinity of 35…

Energy Bar 4 and Variable Drive Module coming soon from Neptune Systems

The Energy Bar 4 and Variable Drive Modules are the latest accessories that will be soon available for Neptune Systems’ Apex aquarium controller platform. Like the Energy Bar 8 that ships with the Apex controller package, the EB4 features heavy…

The Coral Reef Aquarium by Tony Vargas is the next great book of reefing

Our good friend Tony “Tuba Taha” Vargas is putting the finishing touches on his new book The Coral Reef Aquarium which will focus on start to finish of how to set up a slammin reef tank. Coral and Fish identification…

Vitrea nano desktop reef sports a sweet overhanging LED light design

The Vitrea desktop nano aquarium is a sexy box of reefing that Vitrea USA showed off for the first time in the US at last week’s MACNA. The Vitrea nano comes as a standard glass cube or another version has…

Tek Light Ultra Elite runs true VHO T5 lamps and ballast

The Tek Light Ultra Elite and it’s VHO T5 tubes from Sunlight Supply may be nothing short of the next wave of high performance fluorescent lighting. The Tek Light Ultra Elite is loaded with VHO T5 ballasts to run true…

AI Nano Sol LED with touch controls for reals

The AI Nano Sol LED is a very exciting new product from AquaIllumination, the LED performance leaders, which first brought Cree XP goodness to the aquarium world. Following on the widespread popularity of their AI Sol LED, AquaIllumination has put…

AcanLighting A104 LED light is completely silent without fans

The AcanLight A104 is a novel new number from AcanLighting that rocks the PAR values with no fans and no noise. Acan Lighting is displaying this new model on the MACNA show floor which is loaded with three strips of…

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