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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.

Juvenile Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus net-caught on video

The banded angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, is one of the most highly sought after marine angelfish for the home aquarium and especially so for the juveniles. This video from Robert Lower was just uploaded to the 808fishman channel on youtube, showing…

WXM-Neptune Systems already developing a wireless interface for VorTech pumps, to land first quarter of 2010

Neptune Systems has announced that they are well underway in using the newly released development kit for third party aquarium controllers to get jiggy with wireless VorTech pumps. Curt Pansegrau, president of Neptune Systems had this to say: The feature…

Quality Marine bringing Cook Island aquacultured clams back to the U.S.

Cook Island aquacultured clams are set to return to the U.S. aquarium market thanks to the efforts of livestock wholesaler Quality Marine. Following some changes to the CITES permitting process for Tridacna, after few years of legal wrangling Quality Marine…

November issue of Advanced Aquarist hits the digital shelves

The November issue of Advanced Aquarists has gone live with a diversity of articles that target aquarists from beginners to advanced. Although not necessarily aimed at the beginners, Terry’s advanced aquascaping session and Dana Riddle’s DIY glossary are useful tools…

Bubble Blaster Pump: HY-3000 w/ needle wheel impeller

The Bubble Blaster pump for the Super Reef Octopus is a beefy needle wheel powered air injecting machine. Rated at 1200-1500 lph of air while using only 40 watts, the Bubble Blaster has a motor block similar to a laguna…

Voyager 4 from Sicce: first look at the super quiet “HexJet” water pump

The Voyager 4 from Sicce is a “stream style” water movement device that is very much unlike any other product in the aquarium market today. “Voyager” is the official name for the new line of pumps that Sicce plans on…

Tunze 7077/3 hand tightening CO2 regulator review

The Tunze 7077/3 hand tightening regulator may not yet be widely available for sale in the US but that hasn’t stopped us from putting a review unit through it’s paces. Fresh out of the box, the Tunze 7077/3 is a…

Brine Shrimp Hatchery by Hobby separates egg shells with no moving parts

The brine shrimp hatchery by Hobby is another fine aquaculture product brought to you by Brine Shrimp Direct. The ingenious design of this  Artemia hatcher incubates up to 1/4 teaspoon of brine shrimp eggs. The circuitous design requires no power,…

Les Village in Bali takes initiative to abandon cyanide fishing

Most of us know about the continued usage of cyanide fishing in Indo-Pacific collecting areas. The process of converting decades of cyanide fisherman to more sustainable net fishing methods has made very little progress but this is a story of…

MTM nozzles from Mazzei: Mass Transfer Multipliers are like miniature eductors

MTM nozzles from Mazzei are like little eductors that screw into regular PVC threads. Mass Transfer Multiplier nozzles work very much like an eductor to convert high pressure water flow into more water volume movement but the Mazzei MTM nozzles…