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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.

Bubble King 180 Kone Skimmer is more of a wine glass

The Bubble King 180 Kone Skimmer from Royal Exclusiv is an evolution of the Alpha Kone skimmers with a more curvaceous body. The hourglass shape of the bubble king is exceptionally attractive, giving just enough clearance for protein skimmed water…

Fluval Chi, Ebi and Flora nano tank starter kits

If the Fluval Chi, Ebi and Flora tanks are a sign of things to come then we have some great expectations from the nano tank designers at Fluval. The FLuval Chi features a center mounted fliter/LED light which adds an…

LumiLux LED striplights by Vertex will bring Cree XPs to the masses

The Lumilux LED striplight from Vertex is among the better LED products which we’ve stopped to check out here at InterZoo. Even though Cree XP series and other high quality LEDs have been available for a considerable amount of time,…

Blue Squamosa clams, Tridacna squamosa, remind us why we like to reef

Blue Squamosa clams are among the rarest invertebrates which are quasi-never available for the home reef aquarium. Therefore you can imagine our surprise when we stumbled on a benign looking booth that was packing not one, not two, but two…

Nano Hang on skimmer from Bubble Magus, the NAC QQ

The NAC QQ Nano Hang skimmer from Bubble Magus is an adorable little fractionator for the masses. The Hang on moniker is a little deceptive because instead of hanging on the outside of your tank, this little tyke likes to…

Revolutionary Boyu chillers weigh almost next to nothing

Made from weighsalmostnothingium these new Boyu chillers will siginificanlty reduce the cost of aquarium chillers associated with shipping these heavy blocks around. On second thought, maybe these were just the shells (and they are as heavy as any other chiller).

Slim Skim Nano from Hydor spied next to it’s larger brother

The Slim Skim Nano is a beautiful new smaller iteration of the Slim Skim protein skimmer from Hydor. Whatever our impressions from the promotional images we posted a while back, the Slim Skim Performer in it’s nominal and nano iterations…

MagScrape floating algae magnet with removable blade from Mag Float

The Mag Scrap algae magnet for cleaning aquarium glass is a new product from the only company that doesn’t make “sinking magnets”, Mag Float. It’s funny how many people have DIY’d scraping solutiong for Mag Floats, usually in a fixed…

Cold Cathode fluorescent tubes for nano reef aquarium

Cold cathode fluorescent tubes (CCFLs) have been around forever, backlighting the first flat screens, some emergency lights and most importantly, the undersides of cars. More than a few curious reefers tried to use Cold Cathode t00bs for lighting some nano…

Reef Micro-Feeder and Macro Feeder from New Life Spectrum

Reef Micro-Feeder and Reef Macro-Feeder are two new coral foods from New Life Spectrum, arguably one of the most popular freshwater and saltwater fish pelleted foods in the United States. Although New LIfe Spectrum pellets have been a staple of…