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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.

IQ Thermo nano aquarium heater from Dymax

The IQ Thermo nano aquarium heaters from Dymax are intriguing and practical bits of aquarium temperature control. Like the closely related W-5 hang on vortex cooling fan from Dymax, the IQ Thermo nano heaters share the same hang-on functionality and…

Osmosys water purification from ReefLine Italy

Osmosys is a new line of reverse osmosis water purification systems from Reefline. The R.O. units by Osmosys appear to be made from pretty standard issue components although the shorty canisters of the Osmosys Sys 02 uses 5″ canisters that…

Coral Gro A & B from Red Sea is a supplement for coral and Zooxanthellae

Coral Gro parts A and B are new supplements from Red Sea which work in tandem to encourage coral growth and which appear to be based on more science than hearsay. While getting schooled at the Red Sea InterZoo booth,…

Stick in a box, black mangrove tree is all grown up at Tunze’s InterZoo booth

Say what you will about Tunze’s Stick-in-a-Box, er black mangrove kit, these little halophilic tree-shrubs actually looked quite nice sitting on Tunze booth tables at Interzoo. Tunze’s black mangroves actually looked so nice, that we sat down to eat and…

AquasunLED from AquaMedic is a full blown controllable aquarium light

The AquasunLED controllable and modular LED light fixture from AquaMedic is a significant departure from AquaMedic’s other LEd light, the AquaspaceLED. Whereas the AquaspcaeLED uses individual reflectors and a heavy duty design, the AquasunLED is a much more refined, attractive…

Dark Blue midnight pygmy angelfish, Centropge nox, from Fiji at B-box aquarium

The dark blue midnight angelfish from Fiji is an interesting color morph of either Centropyge nox, C. bispinosa or perhaps even a separate species. We had never heard about this particular fish until this weekend when a certain fish nerd…

Tricolor scopas tang video of a large captive specimen swimming calmly at Southwest Marines

The Tricolor tang we shared with you a couple of weeks back was cooperative for both the still and video cameras. It took a while for this large captive specimen living at Southwest Marines to relax with our camera in…

Flexible fishnet by Aquatic Nature is a revolution in fish-capture technology

The Flexible Fishnet that was flashed at us at the Aquatic Nature InterZoo booth reversed our years of fishnet-hatin’ in just a few mere seconds. Can you imagine how we reacted when the Aquatic Nature rep said he wanted to…

Pre-sifted carbon and GFO from Reef Scientific are clean, easier to use media

The Reef Scientific pre-sifted activated carbon and granular ferric oxide (GFO) medias from Midland Reefs are evidence that sometimes the simplest ideas can also be some of the best. Most of us are familiar with that extra step between us…

AquaLight Reflex uses fiber optic principle to deliver subsurface photons

the AquaLight Reflex is a counterintuitive name since the whole purpose of the design is to reduce the amount of light being reflected from the surface. According to their handout, AquaLight reckons that as much as 25-40% of light is…