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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.

Anampses lennardi, A. femininus and an aberrant bicolor angelfish showing off at DeJong’s InterZoo booth

The Anampses lennardi and femininus wrasses are such amazing fish that it would have been a joy to see either one of them alone at Dejong’s booth in InterZoo. Not only we were greeted by both of these fish, they…

Aqua Reef Tech is a rare builder of acrylic tanks in the BeNeLux

The following is a guest contribution from Karl Vankersschaever, owner of Mare Nostrum and a passionate European reef aquarium hobbyist. Although very common in the US, you can hardly buy an acrylic tank in Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg (BeNeLux).…

Chlorinity test kit from Coral Shop measures proportion of chloride in aquarium water

the CS Test for Chlorinity by Coral Shop is the first kit we have seen to specifically measure Chlorinity in aquarium water. Chlorinity is a measure of the Chloride, Bromide and Iodide ions that make up the total dissolved solids…

Evo3 Titanium from Genesis is a mechanical filter machine

The Evo3 Titanium from Genesis is an aquarium device unlike any we have ever seen before. At first glance we mistook the Evo3 for a lost Rube Goldberg device but after watching the Evo3 spin it’s filter roll the whole…

Video of Mame Design’s 2nd generation Eco-Light with 49 watts of RGB and Yellow LEDs

Without question, the Mame eco-light is the most serious effort we’ve seen put into an RGB LED aquarium light. In case you may not be familiar, nearly all the high powered LED reef lights are getting their strength from high…

Econlux Plug and Play LED replacements for Power Compacts, T5 and T8 fluorescent tubes

Hold on to your hats Reefers because this LED thing is about to take off in a big way. Econlux, a German manufacturer of general and industrial lighting has figured out a way to make an LED light which is…

Kent Marine products to be rebranded as Aqueon

They did it to All-Glass Aquarium and now they are doing it again to Kent Marine. We guess it was inevitable that since Central Pet axed the 40 year old All-Glass Aquarium brand it doesn’t surprise us to hear that…

Xanthic scribbled regal angelfish, chillin in the quarantine of Taunton Aquatics Centre, UK

If the xanthic scribbled regal angelfish we saw in the back room of Taunton Aquatics Centre wasn’t enough to surprise us then the full blown aquarium quarantine system was. Even in the U.S it is rare to see a dedicated…

Peristaltic Pumps from D-D The Aquarium Solution are kinda fancy

The new line of peristaltic pumps from D-D The Aquarium Solution appear to be of a higher performance and durability than what we’re used to. First of all, the D-D peri pumps use Santoprene instead of neoprene or thick silicone…

Economy Beckett Injection protein skimmer from Azoo and Korallen Zucht

The lower Beckett injection Revolution skimmer from Korallen Zucht which was first showed off in the US at the Pittsburgh MACNA over two years ago was the first cone skimmer and the first lower-injection Beckett skimmer we ever laid eyes…