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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.

Nanostream 6015 from Tunze will draw 3.5 watts and cost $45

The Tunze Nanostream 6015 may not be any smaller than it’s 6025 and 6045 counterparts but it’s specs and price will surely make some big waves in the small propeller water pump category. Although the previous Nanostreams had a great…

Pico Evo Mag from Hydor will be useful for nano reefers

The Pico Evo Mag from Hydor are an iterative revision of the powerheads formerly known as pico evolution mini pumps. Like the revision of the Hydor Korallia Evolution pumps, the Pico Evo Mag takes a familiar design and makes incremental…

Polario 4ml, 7ml and 10ml are stubbier versions of the original

The new Polario 4ml, 7ml and 10ml are a new water pump from Rio, the company that has brought us more (blank) water pumps than you can shake a stick at. Once the dominant maker of value driven centrifugal water…

Aquasunspot LED spotlights from Aquamedic in 3, 7 and 12 watts

The Aquasunspot LED lamps from AquaMEdic are a nod from the resurging aquarium manufacturer that they are taking LEDs seriously and they are inviting the spotlight form factor to the party. The Aquasunspot LED spotlights use all one watt LEDs…

AquaSpaceLED from AquaMedic is built with 120 individual reflectors

The AquaspaceLED is a long awaited LED lighting product from AquaMedic, a company which did it’s share to popularize the last revolution in double ended metal halide lighting. The AquaspaceLED is equipped with an overall heatsink of a fixture, 120…

X-Inout by X-Aqua is a wavemaking return device

X-aqua’s X-Inout device is an innovative wavemaking device that makes a pleasant large ripple effect in aquariums. Using just the power of the return water pump, the X-inout pulses the flow of the return water, making waves that could be…

Sfiligoi Vision LIFI light is a plasma arc in a beautiful fixture

The Sfiligoi Vision is a gorgeous T5-flanked plasma arc light with a reflector that really does justice to the potential of LIFI. Like the Seashine fixture from Stray Light, the Sfiligoi Vision is dimmable down to 20% with the same…

Genesis by Sfiligoi is modular LED lighting with options

The Genesis modular LED light from Sfiligoi is a versatile array of LED strip lights. As you can see from the image above, the LED strip lights can be configured with blue and white LEDs and some strips like the…

Astra LED light from Sfiligoi plays nice with nanos

The Astra by Sfiligoi is a hot little number, a clip on LED light with a lot of style. The Astra features an untinterrupted, flat surface design with smooth, rounded edges. The Astra is loaded with Cree certified LEDs and…

NPX Bioplastics from Two Little Fishies

NPX Bioplastics nitrate and phosphate reduing biomedia is a new biopolymer that aims to feed heterotrophic bacteria in reef tanks. Although there are a lot of new Biopellet-like products here at InterZoo, “2 lil’s” custom blend is among the smallest,…