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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.

Prisma Canvas reef fish illustrations by Kaitlyn Cameron

Prisma Canvas is a new enterprise that showcases the reef aquarium art by the extremely talented Kaitlyn Cameron. We had the great pleasure to view some of her work at the CRASE event this past event and you can imagine…

HexJet from Warner Marine is a new take on the impeller water pump

The HexJet water pump being shown by Warner Marine at Reefapalooza this weekend is a very interesting new twist on what an impeller water pump can do. Unlike the thousands of impeller water pumps that have been designed and built…

Reefkoi, Cherry Corals and Lighthouse take top honors for stunning livestock at Reefapalooza

The Reefapalooza show had a lot to offer this past weekend and like many of the larger reef events, some of the industry’s best livestock slingers came and delivered some extremely nice livestock that won’t easily be forgotten. In first…

Panorama LED fixture rear mounting hardware installation video

The Panorama LED light fixture is an entirely new product from Ecoxotic that is designed to mount to your aquarium in a completely different way. If you have any confusion about what makes the Panorama LED fixture unique before you…

Ecoxotic brightens up Reefapalooza with new Panorama and Stunner LED lights

Ecoxotic is a brand new LED light manufacturer with several new exciting LED lighting options that are sure to get your tentacles expanded. With over a year of testing and development and the market and design expertise of Current USA’s…

Stunner LED strip lights from Ecoxotic

Stunned LED strip lights from Ecoxotic are the ultimate add on lighting effect for aquarists with existing pendants, canopies or striplights. These modular strips are specially designed to accessorize existing lighting units, including the Panorama LED light fixture, with 3:1…

Panorama 12 watt LED Module from Ecoxotic

Panorama LED modules from Ecoxotic push 12 watts of colored balanced LED light in a small modular form factor. With two white LEDs for every blue one, we are very excited to see a return to more sane color rendition…

Panorama LED Fixtures from Ecoxotic

Panorama LED light fixtures from Ecoxotic are just being unveiled at Reefapalooza and these beautiful lights have a lot going for them. The Panorama fixture is specially designed to be modular and to hold the Panorama and Stunner LED modules…

The Salmon Dance and a very busy weekend

In case you’ve been living under a piece of live rock for the last few weeks, this weekend the reefing community will be very active which means we’ll be very busy here at Reef Builders with the writing staff being…

KR92 EcoLamps LED light hands-on

The KR92 EcoLamp LED light fixture from Hong Kong is just the latest unreleased (in the US) product that RB has groped for the benefit of our readers. The KR92 is a decent LED light fixture we reported months ago…