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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.

B-Ionic Seawater System from ESV is like cooking with salt

The company that brought us the original 2-part solution is back on the cutting edge table with another product that creatively addresses some common complaints about modern seawater mixes. B-Ionic Seawater System is a multi part solution to mix your…

Seaweed Blend by Rod’s Food is a trifecta of colorful seaweed

The Seaweed Blend of algaes from Rod’s Food may just be seaweed in a bag but at least it contains three different types of marine vegetation. Just like the frozen “Fish Eggs”, Rod gets very specific about his the contents…

Coral Reef Fishes Knowledge Cards from Pomegranate

Knowledge cards about coral reef fishes is an interesting way to get up to snuff on a wide range of potential marine aquarium fish in a short time. If you’ve already been reefing for a year or two, you may…

PAR38 LED spotlight coming soon from Nano Customs

The PAR38 E26 LED spotlight from Nano Customs may not sound like a very exciting piece of equipment, but this combination of high power blue and white LEDs in a incandescent base spotlight was one of the more original products…

Marco’s Rocks Key Largo Florida quarried limestone has amazing shape for cheap

Marco’s Rocks has begun distributing Key Largo Rock, We know what you’re thinking, quarried Florida Rock is very dense and about as attractive and interesting as a cinder block. Most of the lumpy Florida rock is quarried in mainland Florida,…

Smart Reef Saver dosing pump from TB Aquatics

We want to give TB aquatics a huge thanks for making a simple, reliable dosing pump available at an affordable price. $85 for an American made peristaltic pump is quite a steal but frankly, it’s about time the hobby had…

ORA now shipping new species of captive bred dottybacks, naked black clownfish coming soon

Oceans Reef and Aquariums better known in the hobby and industry as ORA is now shipping the striped blenny, Meiacanthus grammistes, and the elongate dottyback, Pseudochromis elongatus. The captive raised dottybacks look every bit as large, bright and well formed…

Black trimmed custom nano tanks from Coast to Coast aquariums are all glass and neat shapes

Coast to Coast aquariums is an aquarium tank builder that specializes in large custom glass tanks. CTC has recenlty raised some eyebrows with another product altogether. These black trimmed nano-tanks all custom built to order but we wish that CTC…

Reef Illuminations light from IceCap gets some help from the dedicated actinic LED

The new Reef Illuminations light fixture from IceCap, which we first reported on last Saturday, is a decent looker in person. The actinic LED assist is a neat trick which will likely set this fixture apart from many of the…

Rigid Meshwheel from Nano Customs gives nano skimmers a solid boost

The rigid meshwheel above is a new development in the mesh wheel arms race: hot on the heels of the alloy meshwheels and hastelloy impellers, the new solid meshwheel from Nano Customs makes sapphire skimmers rock like nothing else (except…