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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.

“Scribbled” lemonpeel pygmy angelfish hybrid from Reborn Aquarium raises the bar for Centropyge morphs

The scribbled lemonpeel pygmy angelfish hybrid in the video above is one of the most gorgeous lemonpeel morphs we have ever seen and it is certainly on par with the fabled Tygerpyge specimen. Believe it or not, this is the…

Mame Overflow for nano reef tanks with silencing and siphon recovery

The Mame Overflow is the nano overflow of our dreams that we always wanted but never knew existed. Mame is by far our favorite Japanese manufacturer of boutique aquarium products: first we had the Mame Skimmer, then the Mame Kidney…

Meet the Quazar, Giesemann’s first all LED aquarium light fixture

The Quazar LED aquarium light is the first all LED aquarium light fixture from Giesemann, one of Europe’s most critical aquarium light creators. Measuring in at 17.7 inches long, 3.2 inches wide and less than an inch thick (450 x…

ROWA Crystal liquid additive phosphate reducer for fresh and marine tanks

ROWA Crystal is a new liquid additive from ROWA, the manufacturer of the first, and still the most potent granular ferric oxide (GFO) for the marine aquarium market. ROWA Crystal is designed to reduce the phosphate levels of aquarium water…

Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann sports nutritious amounts of LED blue

The Helios LED + T5 hybrid light from Giesemann may exist for only in these digital renders but they are still enough to quicken the pulse. This morning we first posted about the MATRIXplus T5 light from Giesemann which also…

Amazing 2010 edition Maxea and Maxima clams arrive at Sea Dwelling Creatures

The mind blowing Tridacna clams that Sea Dwelling Creatures just landed sure are going to make a bunch of their customers happy this week. A little over a year since we first wrote about Maxea clams, the supposed hybrid between…

New captive grown red flowerpot coral from ORA certifies aquarium suitability of some Goniopora

We’re not sure what’s more exciting about the announcement of red flowerpot coral frags from ORA: that we’ll all have easy access to this beautiful, hardy strain of Goniopora stutchburyi or that this ten year old captive coral strain undermines…

AI LED upgrade kit now available for owners of the first generation AquaIllumination

If you were an early adopter of the original AquaIllumination LED aquarium light, you may have been wondering when AI would give it’s earliest customers the Cree XP LED makeover. The future availability of an upgrade kit was announced early…

Chrysiptera cf. parasema has been officially described as C. arnazae

Chrysiptera arnazae is the newest described species of damselfish in this popular genus of aquarium fish. The yellowtail demoiselle, C. parasema is one of the most ubiquitous fish in the marine hobby, a species which many of us have used…

Reef Angel controller cuts loose with first workings of WIFI

The open source Reef Angel controller has only been on the scene for a few months now yet it is blazing a trail which other controllers will notice. The flexible controller platform upon which the Reef Angel is built has…