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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.

Link Blitz: Flying Mantas, Warming Seas, wiring the Ocean, Rainbow Crush Chalice and a tailless emperor angelfish

Manta Rays are known to occasionally breach the water surface and splash down, presumably to remove parasites. Once in a while, many Manta Rays can gather and show off their aerobatic skills in some kind of aerial display that we…

Saltwater Fish
Pseudanthias leucozonus, white bar anthias makes a big appearance at Greenwich Aquaria

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChuNpv2ccCY[/youtube] Pseudanthias leucozonus, the white bar anthias, is an extremely rare species of anthias with some breathtaking colors. Being normally restricted to the southern seas of Japanese waters, this large batch of ten Pseudanthias leucozonus was actually sourced…

Coral
Sympodium encrusting soft coral starting to appear in blue and green colors

Sympodium is an interesting encrusting soft coral which is just beginning to show up in some coral shipments. We personally spied the Sympodium colony above tucked away in a corner of a display tank at Amazing Aquariums and Reefs and…

T5 Mini Aqualight from Coralife coming soon with dual six watters

The Mini Aqualight T5 from Coralife is the first real revision to the iconic form factor since it was launched in the early nineties. Hearkening back to the days of reefing when power compact lamps were just breaking out in…

Snow basslet video clearly shows the white markings of Serranus chionaraia

The snow basslet is an interesting deepwater reef fish that lives in the Caribbean Sea. About a month ago we shared with you some of the first really good pictures of the snow basslet from a specimen that was imported…

Some stupid idiot stole clams from OC Aquatic in Huntington Beach

If you’ve seen the perp in the images above, please contact the police immediately as this douche bag has stolen three large Maxima giant clams from the LFS. The three valuable clams were stolen from OC Aquatic in Huntington Beach,…

Cannon LED pendant from Ecoxotic gets real, in 50 watt blue or white

The Cannon LED Pendant is becoming available for wider distribution as early as this afternoon although some Ecoxotic dealers have been testing out the multichip LED goodness for some time now. Reef Builders first broke the news that Ecoxotic was…

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one week left to enter the giveaway for the high performance Io LED pendant

This is just a friendly reminder that we’re still running an awesome giveaway for a very valuable reef light. The Io LED pendant includes 75 watts of Cree XP LEDs, full controlability built in display and bluetooth wireless connectivity and…

Saltwater Fish
Liopropoma africanum basslet lands at SAreefkeeping in South Africa

Liopropoma africanum is arguably one of the worlds rarest reef basslets in the marine aquarium hobby but one lucky shop n South Africa has just come into possession of only the third specimen we’ve heard of. rare fish fanciers will…

Genesis Renew and Storm automatic water change and top off systems

Genesis Reef Systems is a name which is soon to be very familiar to aquarium automation enthusiasts, pro aquarists, service companies and the plain lazy reef keeper. Genesis has developed two new modules for aquarium use, one is called the…

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