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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.

E-spot and E-stripe are Elos’s accessory LEDs for E-lites and Aquatop

The E-spot and E-stripe LEDs from Elos are the Italian company’s way of thinking outside the box of the E-lite while still offering some options for reefers to get more from Elos lights. While we were at InterZoo we briefly…

Sfiligoi Astra ultra-flat design LED reef light

The Astra LED light fixture made by Sfiligoi was one of the more attractive and eye-catching fixtures that we saw in the clamp-on light category at InterZoo 2010. The fiber-optic side accent is novel and the profile of the fixture…

The only thing cooler than a peppermint angelfish action figure

I officially sealed my fish geekery not only by getting myself a peppermint angelfish action figure, but by having it signed by Richard Pyle, the ichthyologist who originally caught and described this most sensational of reef fishes. However we’re not…

Video of the X-inout in action at the Xaqua InterZoo booth

X-aqua X-Inout device  instantly struck us as one of the most innovative and potentially very popular marine aquarium products of InterZoo 2010. The X-inout looks inocuous enough but something about the fluid dynamics of the return part of the device…

Sprung Reactor: Julian walks us through the KW Reactor 300

The Sprung Reactor is what we are affectionately calling the new KW Reactor 300 with the novel sprinkler head mixing device. Although we jokingly gave Two Little Fishies some ribbing for the KW Reactor 300 before we saw it in…

Gramma dejongi, an exciting new deepwater gramma from Cuba

Gramma dejongi is a spankin new reef fish species that was discovered by Dejong Marinelife from some shipments of aquarium fish from Cuba. The new Gramma dejongi species has been kept under wraps by Dejong while awaiting formal description by…

Teco E-Chill are high performance (darn expensive) aquarium fans

The E-chill is a new aquarium cooling solution from Teco, the company that specializes in producing some of the finest aquarium chillers money can buy. Realizing that not everyone can afford a big ole chiller, and that chillers are expensive…

Revolution M Deluxe from Korallen Zucht is a recirculating cone-beckett

The Revolution M Deluxe Cone Beckett protein skimmer is a new take on the unique design from Korallen Zucht. the Revolution M Deluxe uses a novel pump intake assembly which makes it recirculate some water from the skimmer while also…

MagFox, the magnetic hose cleaner from Two Little Fishies

The Magfox is the name of the new magnetic hose cleaner from Two Little Fishies which we first reported back in March at the Global Pet Expo. While scouting at Two Lil’s booth at InterZoo in Germany last weekend, Julian…

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid from Giesemann is drop dead gorgeous

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid reef aquarium light from Giesemann was arguably one of the sharpest looking new lights unveiled at InterZoo this past weekend. Price and specifications we have none; like their lighting products, the Giesemann booth was…