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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.

Millenium Atoll in Kiribati discovered to be one of the most pristine reefs in the world

Millenium Atoll is a small lagoon in the Caroline Islands of Kiribati; it is only about three square kilometers but the lagoon of Millenium Atoll could contain one of the most pristine and untouched coral reefs left in the world.…

Gramma dejongi video in high resolution

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH95Dry5Iao[/youtube] Gramma dejongi is one of the most sensational fish to hit the marine aquarium hobby in years and although hardly no one yet has their own, this video ought to keep us satiated that much longer. The…

Labridae Fishes: Wrasses by Rudie Kuiter, the ultimate wrasse book only available on demand

Labridae Fishes: Wrasses looks like the ultimate wrasse book, the Wrasse bible written by one of the masters of reef fish books Rudie Kuiter. Stacked on top of some of Rudie Kuiter’s great works is the new wrasse book which…

Summer aquarium giveaway: win a set of Stunner LED strips and accessories from Ecoxotic

If you haven’t yet been able to catch a wave of LED reef lighting, Ecoxotic and Reef Builders want to hook you up with a full kit of Stunner LED striplights. The Stunners are pencil thin, narrow striplights with medium…

Damselfish from Tufi, Papua New Guinea already starting to spread in the states

The new damselfish captured by Seasmart fishermen in Papua New Guinea may have been discovered a little over a week ago but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a legal immigrant to American aquariums. Last week Sea Dwelling Creatures received…

Robertus Reef hits the one year mark, celebrates with a flashback video

[youtube width=”640″ height=”385″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkIn4kVguEI[/youtube] Robertus is an interesting Dutch reefer who has been cataloging his 60 gallon reef tank every two months as it progresses. It’s been a full year since he started adding corals to his reef tank and we’d…

Amazingly clear video of many different deep sea squids from MBARI

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq2E2D-y11g&fmt=18[/youtube] Since the whole world of football (soccer) is particularly thrilled with cephalopods right now, it seems like a perfect time to share with you the video above from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a self-titled anthology of…

iPhone 4 background wallpapers of reef fish and coral

The iPhone 4 has been available for just under a week which means that at least a million people out there are looking for some awesome wallpapers to tweak out the latest toy from Apple. Calling the iPhone 4 a…

Australomussa rowleyensis colonies from Timor Indonesia put this coral on the map

Australomussa rowleyensis is not quite a chalice coral, not quite an LPS and although it once was just an unusual curiosity that was sometime spotted in shipments from Indo and Australia, this amazing crop of Australomussa from Timor Indonesia is…

Io LED pendant from PacificSun gets unboxed, hands-on treatment and teardown

Today, on June 24th 2010, the Io LED pendant officially landed in the reefing community and some other tech gadget became available; the rest of the world can have their iPhone 4 launch cause we got out own new tech…