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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.

The Power Squeegee Works Better Than it has a Right to!

It was about a year ago while touring White Corals in Germany that we got our first look at an invention that seems like a good idea in theory, but would be questionable in real life. The Karcher Powe…

Fuschia-Pink Lava Coals Diaseris Coming Soon to the Diver’s Den

The disc corals of the Fungia and Cycloseris genera have always been unique in the aquarium world for being great inhabitants of small and large tanks alike. The small, colorful, free l…

Take a Dive on a Solomon Island Sloping Reef Habitat

Now more than ever when an inordinate amount of our corals are coming from Australia, it’s quite refreshing to get a reminder of corals from the Solomon Islands, one of the corners of the infamo…

Our Best Look at the Captive Bred Purple Tangs

The purple tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum, is a celebrated marine aquarium fish and one of the most iconic endemic species in the Red Sea. Just a few short years after Rising Tide’s first b…

Zetlight Lancia 2 Review: Useful Color & Control in a Versatile Striplight

The Zetlight Lancia 2 series of LED striplights are in a unique place in the LED lighting market for aquariums. There’s plenty of decent striplights with built-in onboard controls, and thereR…

Thorough Walkthrough of the World Wide Corals Farm

World Wide Corals has not only established themselves as a leader in online live coral sales and especially frags, but they are among one of the first and biggest companies that has really invested in…

Venustus Angelfish Successfully Captive Bred by Bali Aquarich

Bali Aquarich is firing on all cylinders with the second announcement of a new captive breeding breakthrough in about as many weeks. Fresh off the heels of the world’s first captive bred purple …

Mobius, Ecotech Marine’s New Control Platform Goes into Beta Testing

Mobius is a brand new control platform that Ecotech Marine has been hard at work building for several years, and now it’s in the final phases of testing. Ecotech has been using very capable micr…

Pomacentrus vatosoa: Corazon’s Damselfish get Official Description

Corazon’s damselfish is a brilliant new species of damselfish that was discovered just last year has already been treated to an official description. This little treasure of a reef fish from Mad…

Hands On with the New Maxspect Jump DC10K Pump

The Maxspect Jump DC10K is a very unusual pump from the company that’s brought us products that were always designed far outside the glass box. The Maxspect Razor is mostly passively cooled, the…