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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.

Omni Flex Nozzles from Oceans Motions replace Locline at the 1″ and 1.5″ level

1″ and 1.5″ Loc-Line and modular tubing in those diameters are the unicorn of aquarium plumbing: surely they must exist in some form for industrial applications but whatever the case, these holy grail outlets have never made an appearance in…

Meanwell ELN-60-48D dimmable LED driver now available from NanoCustoms (sort of)

NanoTuners may have just started carrying the Meanwell ELN 60-48D dimmable LED driver but their initial order must have been meager because they are already sold out. The meanwell ELN 60 can power up to 13 high power white or…

Hundreds of Chaetodon daedalma form an awesome wrought iron ball

We might think of some reef fish as being rare but this video of a huge school of wrought iron butterflyfish shows how locally common some fish species can be. While most aquarist would be content to see even one…

Mesophotic Reef- low light reefs can teach us new things about contemporary reefing

Tim Wijgerde of Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system, basically a low light reef. Tim dropped in to share with us why he decided to do a low light reef tank and what low light reef animals can teach…

Spanish Flag and a whole biotope of Curacao deepwater reef fish making a pit stop at AquaTouch

The Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus is one of those rare deepwater reef fish that is so uncommonly seen or collected that very few pictures of it even exist. It was very exciting to hear that AquaTouch in Phoenix AZ will…

Clown Triggerfish inspired Hightops

While keyword mining for “funky triggerfish” last weekend we stumbled across these unique clown triggerfish inspired hightop Nike sneakers. Normally when this sort of mimicry of nature is attempted on personal apparel it turns into a train wreck that is…

Poached Takeuchi angelfish on video still suffering from decompression issues

The Takeuchi angelfish is a species of Genicanthus that can only be found in waters of the Ogasawara Islands. The Ogasawaras are protected in that you can fish and you can collect fish but neither of which are allowed with…

Macropharyngodon vivienae: madagascar leopard wrasse starts showing up in Kenyan exports

Macropharyngodon vivienae is an exciting fish that is thought to be an endemic to Madagascar reefs and parts of the East African coastline from Natal to Durban. This is a fish so rare that we’ve only seen one live specimen…

Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today

Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging…

New Vortech Battery Backup from EcoTech Marine now made inhouse, not by 3rd party

The battery backup for Vortech water pumps has been available as an accessory almost as long as the MP40 has been on the market. However, the first Vortech battery backup was essentially a motorcycle battery in a box that was…