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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.

Gingerbread Corals’ Unique ‘Holographic’ Acanthophyllia

There is a clear disconnect between corals that are actually rare, such as Palauastraea or branching Echinopora, and the hype corals that get the likes on social media or command the highest price tags. Case in point is an incredible…

The Biorb Earth is Giving us All In One Envy

The Biorb Earth from Oase is an All in One vivarium so advanced that it’s really giving us AIO envy in regards to other offerings on the aquarium side of the air-water interface. This being a saltwater aquarium website you…

Nori Nibbler is a New Way to Algae Clip

The humble algae clip is one of the most important ways to feed seaweed to our herbivorous surgeonfish and reef fish but this accessory hasn’t enjoyed much attention from the DIY and creative types. The main question reefers have to…

Pinnatus x Batavianus Batfish Hybrid not as Wild as the Parents

We’ve long associated the world famous fish farmers of Bali Aquarich with the captive bred pinnatus batfish which was one of their first breakout cultured marine fish to hit the aquarium hobby. This 2010 landmark breakthrough was followed up with…

Legendary Aqua Lifter Vacuum Pump Returns to Premium Aquatics

Long before we had peristaltic pumps of every size, stripe, color and price us reefers had to be a little more creative about how we dosed and supplemented a myriad of aquarium chemicals and additives. Air pumps and pressurized containers…

GHL Doser 2.2 Maxi Pricing and Availability Announced

GHL is a company synonymous with automatic dosing using peristaltic pumps with their legendary stand alone doser (unwittingly) becoming the template for the deluge of dosing pump options we have available today. The GHL Doser Maxi was introduced in 2017…

Nothing can Stop Extended Reach Coral Cutters

Having overgrown corals is a good problem to have but it’s also a rare condition in parts of the hobby that are mostly focused on collecting tiny fraglets. For the rest of us who do let our corals grow out, and…

Sera X-Feeder & XS-Feeder Finally Arrive in America

The Sera X-Feeder and XS-Feeder are two automatic fish food dispensers that Sera introduced last year but which are finally landing on American shores this month. While the slight difference in the name might lead you to believe that these…

ReefBot Lab: The Newest all-in-one Testing Machine from Reef Kinetics

The ReefBot Lab is the latest automatic aquarium water testing machine from Reef Kinetics, makers of the ReefBot which was one of the very first full range testers to be offered to reefers. At a time where other testers were…

Hybrid Tiger Angelfish Makes Surprise Touchdown at Finest Aquatics

A hybrid tiger angelfish has just splashed down in the United Kingdom and we couldn’t be more excited to share the story of this exceedingly rare specimen with our readers. This small mutt of Apolemichthys kingi is only the fourth example of…