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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.

Meet Lisa Ledil, the tiny lens for Cree XP series LEDs

After a few months of anticipation, we’ve finally succeeded in getting our hands on more than a glimpse at the amazingly small Ledil lenses for Cree’s XP series. The white XPG and blue XPE LEDs from the industry performance leader…

Duo Burner from SolarMax is a direct copy of ReefBrite’s TwinArc

The Duo Burner from SolarMax is a dual envelope metal halide lamp which appears to employ the same technology as ReefBrite’s TwinArc metal halide lamp.  With nearly all the same color combinations as the TwinArc lamp from ReefBrite, the Duo…

Xaqua’s Xinout gets a full hands on and a little bit of testing

Xaqua’s Xinout return and drain device is probably the first ever set plumbing parts to have ever commanded so much attention from the reefing community. Before we even consider the silencing function of the drain and the pulsing feature of…

Galaxy T5 90 Hybrid LED light from Sfiligoi

The Galaxy T5 90 is an interesting hybrid aquarium light from Sfiligoi which mixes LED and T5 lighting. While most of the Galaxy and Sirius line is populated with GU10 bulbs of 5mm LEDs, the Galaxy T5 90 uses much…

Lightning Maroon Clownfish stars in it’s own HD video

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPMeY4ZTQA[/youtube] The lightning maroon clownfish is an amazing variant of Premnas biaculeatus from Papua New Guinea which was discovered with extremely aberrant lightning stripes. When word spread of this fish, the domestic and global marine aquarium communities were…

G2 Maxspect now available to North america from Finsreef, along with modular and multichip LEDs

The G2 Maxspect LED aquarium light is now available to North Americans and like many other second generation LED lights, the G2 Maxspect is bringing some serious game. Besides the fact that the G2 Maxspect incorporate multiple channels of custom…

Hemianthus vivanus is a deepwater Caribbean anthias with a cockatoo’s crest

It’s really a shame that America is the largest consumer of marine ornamentals and although we spend a lot of energy acquiring the most exotic reef animals from around the world, yet the reef fish of our own backyards go…

Exclusive first look at the Omega Kone external cone skimmer from Vertex

The Alpha Kone protein skimmers from Vertex Aquaristik was one of the most popular cone protein skimmers launched this time last year. The Omega Kone is the big brother to the Alpha Kone series, offering a similar style of design…

Hands-on with the Swabbie, an affordable self cleaning head from Avast Marine

[vimeo width=”670″ height=”377″]http://vimeo.com/12921789[/vimeo] The Swabbie is new add-on for protein skimmer which automatically wipes down the scum that builds up on the collection neck. The aftermarket accessory from Avast Marine is unusual for a market where most protein skimmer neck…

ZEOvit DTOQ by Yoon Yeo Kwang is pretty freakin sweet

The reef tank of Yoon Yeo Kwang is an amazing reef aquarium set up which deserves to be called award winning. The third Dream Tank of the Quarter chosen by the ZEOvit forum a real stand out tank and although…