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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.

Blue Cespitularia now available captive grown from ORA

Blue Cespitularia is an iconic soft coral which was quasi unobtainable for the better part of the last decade of reefing. Following the opening of more locations to coral collections and expanded list of species which are collected for the…

N:P-X Biological Nitrate and Phosphate reducing carbon source from Red Sea

If you had any doubt regarding the claims reefers make about dosing vodka and other carbon sources to their tanks, the new N:P-X product from Red Sea should add a heaping tablespoon of credibility to the technique. N:P-X is a…

SolarMax Advanced LED system takes more than a little inspiration from the AI LED

The Advanced LED System from SolarMax will be more than a little familiar in design and build to current owners of the AI LED from AquaIllumination. That’s because the Advanced LED System is clearly inspired by the performance leading AquaIllumination…

LED Nano Reef from AquaMedic is a huge hit at InterZoo 2010

The striking nano reef aquarium pictured above is a demonstration tank that AquaMedic had built simply to show off a few of their products. Who could have known that by the time AquaMedic integrated their new Nanoprop 5000, Turboflotor 500…

Tetra keeps it classy with 55th anniversary Tetramin tin of fish mints

Tetra’s 55th anniversary tin bears the semblance of the original can of Tetramin flake food for aquarium fish even if the original Tetramin can was only made with a German label. The motifs and designs of the can above stay…

We just can’t get enough of Gramma dejongi

Last week the word got out that a new species of fish was available in the aquarium wholesale. Not just any fish but a beauty that was named after the man who has discovered it, Arie De Jong (De Jong…

AquaMedic’s Blue reactor serves triple duty as calcium reactor (KR blue), nitrate reductor (NR blue) and Sulphur Nitrate Reductor (SR blue)

The series of Blue reactors from AquaMedic are a multi-function type of recirculating canister which can be outfitted to do a number of tasks. As a departure from the older AquaMedic blocky rectangular nitrate and calcium reactors, the Blue calcium…

Potential Korallen Zucht KZ LED light demoed at their InterZoo booth

The KZ LED is not a product we expected to see from Korallen Zucht at InterZoo a few weeks back. The famous creators of the Zeovit method are better known for exotic additives in funky blue bottles and exotic protein…

Reef Scientific ozonizer uses cold plate discharge

The Reef Scientific ozone generator from Midland Reefs is unique in that it is the only aquarium ozonizer we’ve come across which uses the cold plate discharge technology. Other than using a ceramic disc which is periodically cleaned and replaced,…

Coral-Shop’s Nano-Reef PR set with Platinum Reef additives

The CS Nano Reef SET PR by coral-shop is a new kit for nano reefs which is loaded with bite sized portions of the Platinum Reef line of additives. Previously if you were running a nano reef aquarium and wanted…