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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.

Turboflotor Blue 500 petite protein skimmer from AquaMedic

The Turboflotor blue 500 is a new miniature needle wheel from AquaMedic which is just being shown off at InterZoo 2010. The diminutive foam fractionator is an affordable in-sump nutrient removing device which is likely to be a particularly popular…

Red Sea Max 500 unveiled at InterZoo 2010

The Red Sea Max 500 is a new all in one reef aquarium from the company that delivered on the popular Red Sea Max 130 and 250 setups. Since InterZoo 2010 hasn’t quite officially begun yet, details on the Red…

In case you were wondering how big the Tunze Masterstream is . . .

Just for size reference, this Tunze Masterstream is posing next to our size 13 shoe. It truly is a massive water pump, easily the largest production aquarium propeller water pump to date.

Bioclean from Prodibio includes both Bioptim and Biodigest

Bioclean is a combo pack of Prodibio’s Biodigest and Bioptim. Although the product has been available in Europe for a little bit, with fresh rebranding, new packaging including smaller quantities in blister packs, Prodibio’s vial-dosed product line is set to…

Blogging Interzoo 2010 from Nuremberg Messe in Germany

Interzoo is one of those magical shows that aquarium bloggers tell their little blogging kids about. When I was your age InterZoo only had 500 exhibitors. Well it’s 2010 baby and with 1,600 exhibitors, this venue is rocking more reef…

Hands on with DD’s affordable reef aquarium NanoScope

The NanoScope aquarium magnifying viewer is one part microscope, one part telescope and way more affordable than we had ever suspected. We were floored when we walked into Tropical Paradis in Eastleigh Southampton and saw the £70 price tag on…

Tricolor and gem tangs a plenty at Southwest Marines, UK

Southwest Marines was the first all marine aquarium store we visited in the UK and we must say it was quite a pleasant surprise to round the corner and spot LED lighting, two gem tangs, one tricolor tang (aberrant scopas)…

Beta mini cube is a stylish nano tank with built in filtration

The Beta Mini Cube is a novel, modern looking small aquarium which is packing some serious features for a beta setup. Low power LED light, curved acrylic front pane and a built-in filter in the rear makes this small aquarium…

EX Power Fan by Dazs is an innovative hang-on aquarium cooling fan

The Dazs EX Power Fan aquarium cooling is such a simple and practical device, it’s a wonder why something like it hasn’t yet been brought to the aquarium market. While perusing the charming Tropicals and Marines store in West London,…