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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.

Wicked lightning maroon clownfish emerges from the PNG

This magnificent maroon clownfish Premnas biaculeatus was recently caught in Papua New Guinea by famed fish collector Steve Robinson. As far as we know this individual is one of a kind but perhaps with more collections other similar specimens may…

MaxiJet pumps getting shafted by a bad run of SureFlo kits

It has come to our attention that people using the SureFlo modification kit for MaxiJet are experiencing some issues not the least of which is the shaft boring right through the MaxiJet pump. Apparently, a run of the metal shafts…

Have you heard about the marine aquarium reality show? It took us by surprise too

It might be a little dry at first but if you’ve ever set up a marine tank then you will be able to appreciate the new reality web-show L.A. Fishguys. The show is the brainchild of Jim Stime who runs…

And you thought Helfrich’s firefish were rare

What we have here is a glowing deepwater morph of the already highly sought after Helfrich’s firefish, Nemateleotris helfrichi. This particular variant comes from Cook Island at about 220 feet which is over 100 feet deeper than the normal Helfrich…

Possible new Liopropoma basslet species

Holy smokes Batman, look at that basslet! This new Liopropoma was discovered by Dennis Reynolds who sent the fish to Scott Michael for some input. The species is very similar to Liopropoma swalesi but there are some clear differences in…

Red Sea reef fish found to fluoresce red

Researchers in the Red Sea have recently discovered that many different types of reef fish fluoresce red. Since red light is filtered out within the first 30 feet of reef water, it was believed that red was not a very…

Mogul base LED from CoralDynamics has a name and a webpage

The mogul based LED light from Coral Dyamics which we reported on a couple weeks back has showed up on CoralDynamics.com with a name and a webpage. The new light will be known as the AquariumLED or ALED. We are…

iCA 3.0 nano chiller pre-orders on Nano-Tuners

We don’t know what’s up with this rash of preorders but anyway, Nano-Tuners has started taking orders on the next generation iCA 3.0 NanoChiller. The Nano-Customs team has put their CNC machine to work and they have engineered some improved…

Designer clownfish fascinating to some, repulsive to others

As long time aquarists, we are somewhat on the fence about so-called designer clownfish. On the one hand, a clownfish is already gorgeous, on the other hand, some of the picasso and naked clowns are somewhat novel to look at.…

Manhattan Reefs community gets creative with Reefs Magazine

The Manhattan Reefs community is an active group of marine aquarists with some new ideas about making an impact. The club organizes a very popular frag swap twice a year, they host one of the best attended parties at MACNA…