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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.

Matthew Wittenrich comments on new developments in marine fish breeding

We want to thank Matthew L. Wittenrich for contributing the following post. Matt is the author of Breeder’s Guide to Marine Fish and he is the founder of the awesome Aquatic Pixels website.  Photo of Queen trigger larvae by Andy…

Aquatic Life releases 30″ T5 HO light, video demo of built-in timer set up

For the folks living in the land of 30″ tanks, trying to choose a light fixture can make you feel like being in limbo with manufacturers often choosing to manufacture only 24″ and 36″ light fixture. Do you get a…

The Hybrid lemonpeel x eibli angelfish, Tiger’pyge gets video treatment

Last week, Reefbuilders had the honor of introducing the hybrid lemonpeel x eibli centropyge angelfish to our readers. The world of rare fish collectors was set ablaze by the hybrid lemonpeel x eibli angelfish which we have affectionately come to…

Seachem to debut Salinity, Aquavitro marine salt at IMAC West

The speculation that Seachem was working on a new salt for reef aquaria has now been  confirmed. Seachem’s Salinity salt for reef tanks will be part of the Aquavitro premium line from Seachem. Salinity is said to the most concentrated…

SuperCool (SupaKuru) E26 dichroic mirrored metal halide lamps for your reef aquarium

SuperCool is one of a kind of Metal halide lamp made by Lamp Network Inc, in Japan.  Most of you never heard of the name of this lamp because it is only sold in Japan.  Many Japanese reefers use this…

Aquarium Stimulus Program: Reef Nutrition sampler pack

Whether you have small fish or large fish, soft corals or hard corals, invertebrates or outvertebrates, The Reef Nutrition product line has got the bottle you need to feed your reef. As you read this, you are only a moment…

Coral Morphologic finds some beautiful Corynactis viridis in the Mediterranean

The Coral Morphologic have done a great job of uncovering neat little anemones all over Florida and for the last week or so, we’ve been following their tweets about their dives searching for more minute anemones in the Mediterrranean sea.…

Tony Wu shares a neat story about a sea lion and a boxfish

At first glance, this picture looks just like a cute sea lion who is about to score himself a meal. Now those of use with a special place in our hearts for all aquatic life might be worried for the…

OMG, look at this scoly!

Man the livestock market is hot right now, what in the world is going on? Check out the blindingly bright Scolymia australis in this image, simply amazing. We should of received a blood pressure warning before viewing this picture. Thanks…

Hybrid lemonpeel x eibli: The Tiger’pyge

Hold on to your anal fins folks because the Tiger’pyge, a hybrid Centropyge flavissimus x C. eibli, is easily one of the most exciting fish we have seen this year. Second only to the Clipperton Angelfish which never made it…