Jake Adams
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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.

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 Madagascar has been bestowed the latin name of Pomacentrus…

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 Recurve has ‘wings’ that are like built-in…

Clarisea Replacement Filter Now Lasts TWICE as Long!

The automatic filter roll ‘revolution was a long time coming and in the year since the ClariSea Gen 2 has been available, it has established itself as the most popular in the aquarium hobby. Both the Clarisea SK-3000 and SK-5000…

High Performance MRC Pump Detailed Specs Revealed

The MyReef Creation line of high performance external water pumps are the first new models of this kind to be designed in a great number of years. In the next couple of days MRC will begin limited shipments of their…

The Marine Betta Really Comes Out at Night!

The marine betta is a marine fish that was all the rage when we were first getting into the hobby in the mid 90s. Among all of the tropical reef fish that we keep in our aquariums, there’s no other…

Join Us this Friday for a Livestream with Kevin Kohen at LiveAquaria

Today we’re heading to Rhinelander Wisconsin to visit our good friend Kevin Kohen, and the amazing facility of LiveAquaria. For over decade Mr. Kohen and his team have offered some of the most diverse corals, and exotic fish, to the American…

Luzonichthys kiomeamea, Rapa Nui Slitfin Anthias gets Officially Described

Luzonichthys kiomeamea is a brand new species of splitfin anthias that was just described. This novel schooling reef fish is part of a cohort of new species that were discovered by the California Academy of Sciences on an expedition to…

Nice Thorough Update of the Reef Builders Studio

It’s been around nine months since we ‘broke ground’ on Reef Builders’ first ever reef aquarium studio. There’s already around fifteen displays running at the studio and we’re learning a lot by setting up and maintaining so many tanks in one…

Making a Simple DIY Dosing Line Holder Redux

The reef aquarium hobby used to be just as much about building what we needed as it was about unlocking the secrets of keeping saltwater fish, and making corals grow. The last decade has seen an explosion of mass-produced skimmers,…

Captive Bred Regal Angelfish Breakthrough by Bali Aquarich

The regal angelfish is one of the most iconic of all marine angelfishes and the last genus to be captive bred, until now. If we had to take bets on who would be the first to achieve a breakthrough with…