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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.

Tigerpyge Hybrid Angelfish caught on HD video

Please direct uour attention to the high definition video above of the fantabulous lemonpeel x eibli hybrid pictured above who is affectionately called the Tigerpyge. The High Definition footage will fill  the lingering emptyness in your soul which yearns to…

Gold Crown Butterflyfish variant shows up in Japan

Following up on the story we posted several days ago regarding the gold crown butterflyfish, Chaetodon (Roaps) flavocoronatus,  as we expected at least one of these specimens has shown up for sale in Japan. However, in contrast to the nearly…

The difference between Do!aqua and ADA tanks is clear

If you’ve been wondering about the real difference between ADA tanks and Do!aqua which are also made by ADA, the above image should make it clear what the major difference is; it’s clarity. The labeled Do!aqua tank on the right…

Rare Butterflyfish Parade: Roa excelsa, Roaps flavocoronatus and a new Roaps tinkeri hybrid

Not sure what is in the air lately but have we got the goods on a nice handful of uber rare butterflyfish fish for you. Hot on the heels of the orange margin butterflyfish, Prognathodes basabei, we have an odd-phase…

Euro Reef outs economy VS-Series protein skimmers

Euro Reef had dropped few short statements about their upcoming VS Series protein skimmer and now their new webpage has made it official. The value-minded skimmer line shaves a little off the price by using inexpensive EcoPlus water pumps from…

Super Reef Octopus XP-2000 Cone Skimmer appears at Premium Aquatics

Although we’ve heard talks about Reef Octopus putting out “cone” skimmers before, the Super Reef Octopus XP-2000 is the first cone skimmer we’ve seen from the Chinese manufacturer. Take a look at the Hurricone to see what we mean, somewhat…

Follow us on Twitter and be entered to win a 1yr subscription to Reef Life Magazine

This latest issue of Reef Life Magazine is so packed with new articles on rare fish and corals, we just can’t contain ourselves. The July/August issue features a double dose of Liopropoma reef basslets, Trimma and Eviota nano gobies, new…

Sera German aquarium products now available from Premium Aquatics

Although Sera products may be unfamiliar to many North American aquarists, the premium German made products from Sera are some of the most widely used in Europe. The 30 year old brand makes quality, all natural fish food and test…

Montipora, the movie

A couple months ago we had the pleasure of sharing with you the teaser trailer to the then forthcoming Montipora movie from Vimeo user Delrious. Reef Builders had the good fortune of meeting Delrious who goes by Ben Wiggins in real…

The Reef Builders official VorTech MP10 unboxing

The long awaited VorTech MP10 has finally started to ship and we are very excited to bring you the full unboxing of a final production model of  EcoTech Marine’s latest and greatest. Although we already brought you a hands on…