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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.

Black saddle back clownfish available captive bred for the first time from ORA

The Black Saddle Clownfish is a much rarer form of Amphiprion polymnus, the same species as the common saddle back clownfish. Unlike the more commonly available brown saddle back clownfish, the black saddle back clownfish is blacker and the second…

First pictures of the shiny GUI for the Phobos and Deimos LED light controller

The Phobos and Deimos LED reef aquarium lights from Pacific Sun are just starting to exist beyond digital renders and are now in the hands of aquarists in Europe and the U.S. Besides using top shelf hardware with the latest…

Coral-shop reef aquarium products for dedicated chemistry management

Coral-shop is a relatively new line of reef aquarium additives and products with an emphasis on maintaining balanced and stable reef aquarium chemistry. Coral-shop doesn’t necessarily deliver on any new groundbreaking products but their labeling and clear instructions make it…

Airstar Pro is the newest pump for ATB medium cone skimmers

The Airstar Pro from ATB is the newest motor on the block which has yet to be formally announced by it’s maker. We just spied these images of the Airstar Pro which were posted in teh Zeewater forum. The image…

Video of a particularly orange pair of Japanese Pygmy Angelfish, Centropyge interrupta

Centropyge interrupta, the Japanese Pygmy Angelfish, is one of the most sought after by aquarist and also one of the largest species in the marine angelfish genus, Centropyge. Normally we wouldn’t get too excited to see a video of beautiful…

ReefED 2010 for Mile High Reefers in Denver this Saturday

If you needed any more proof that Colorado was a happening place for reefing, hot on the heels of ReefStock is ReefED, the second reef aquarium event to hit the Denver area this year! ReefED is unique among aquarium conferences…

Elos LED Technology animated GIF reveals new features of next E-Lite

The Elos E-Lite has been on the market for a couple of years now and with the rapid advancement of LED technology, we are very excited to see that the next E-Lite will more than just an incremental upgrade of…

Das Korallenriff-Aquarium: the next great reef book from Fossa and Nilsen

Das Korallenriff-Aquarium is brand new reefing book brought to us by the legendary Svein Fossa and Alf Nilsen, authors of the seminal Modern Coral Reef Aquarium series. If you were reefing in the mid-nineties your reef upbringing was likely shaped…

Red Candy Basslet is an even rarer color of the holy grail Liopropoma

The red candy basslet is the latest mystery surrounding Liopropoma carmabi, a fish which is arguably the most highly sought after reef basslet. Although we have seen several images of reddish colored candy basslets in the past, we usually chalked…