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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.

L.W.A.E.F.W.B.S. (Living With Acro Eating Flatworm Baster Society)

If you’ve never had any kind of coral specific pest, you haven’t been reefing long enough. Your corals may be in the clear now but at least once in your reefing future you will inevitably have to face some potentially…

Royal-Exclusiv mesh wheel eats other mesh wheels for breakfast

Leave it to Klaus and Co. to take a DIY idea like the mesh wheel and rebuild it to perform at high specifications, like at high RPMs in a Red Dragon pump. Now just by looking at pictures of mesh…

CORAL Magazine launches new website

There seems to be something in the reef water these days cause everyone and their mother in the aquarium industry seems to be doing site refreshes lately. Latest to join the fray is the reborn CORAL Magazine with it’s new…

CeramEco introduces Vida Rock, ceramic aquarium structures

A new company called CeramEco just launched a line of handmade ceramic rock for aquarium use called Vida Rock. The ceramic rock is available in plates, branches, arches, columns and some other mysterious shape called a drifter. We have no…

New photos of the amazing deepwater Barreleye fish

Don’t expect to see this one become available from your LFS any time soon, or ever. The deepwater specialist (and staring contest champion) has two large tubular eyes and transparent dome covering it’s vision. It is believed that this fish…

UltraMarine Magazine, the UK’s most in-depth marine resource

The simple fact that over half of this magazine’s back issues are sold out should be cause for pause. UltraMarine Magazine is created by a UK based editing crew and even after just over a two year run, the publication…

5 affordable and 1 expensive rare fish on LiveAquaria right now

Although many rare fish may cost an arm and a leg, there are many unusual and rarely seen fish which can be purchased for reasonable prices. For as rare as it is, the Bali Blackstripe Basslet, Liopropoma latifasciatum is cheap…

A few more details about the Royal-Exclusiv built Vertex cone skimmer (updated)

Here’s a fresh load of details straight from the master acrylicsmith himself. As we first reported several days ago, the fabled Bubble King Cone skimmer is real and it will soon be for sale in the United States. The cone…

Bali’s Biorock reef grows corals faster with electricity

The process of using low voltage electrical current to enhance the deposition of calcium carbonate is known as Mineral Accretion Technology (MAT). The technology has been used extensively on an experimental scale throughout the world but at least one reef…

“Fragilicious” Justin Credabel featuring Ona

What can we say? The reef aquarium hobby could use a little bit of culture.