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.

Reefapalooza Orlando is Less than a Month Away

ReefStock has the honor of being the first big reef aquarium conference each year but now that the Denver event is passed, it’s time to start planning for the next big reef show, Reefapalooza. This year there will be four Reefapaloozas…

Mile High Reefers’ Coverage of ReefStock 2019

ReefStock has developed a well-deserved reputation for being a different kind of reef aquarium and coral show. This year 2019 was the 12th time we held this annual event in Denver Colorado and the reef aquarium scene, the stores, coral…

The “Real” Acropora abrolhosensis Shows up at Unique Corals

Acropora abrolhosensis – or the Abro Acro for short – is one of the first, most classic SPS corals that reefers ever loved and actually grew. In the early days of success with small polyp stony corals, the Abro acro…

New Powerbar 6E Coming Soon from GHL

GHL has been on a tear introducing new products and updating existing ones, the latest of which to get the redesign being the trusty GHL Powerbar. The Powerbar 6E is the latest generation of switchable controllable power centers from GHL…

Why You Should be Reading the Captive Aquatic Ecosystem Blog

Captive Aquatic Ecosystems is a Texas based aquarium installation and consultation company that has been practicing the art of reef building since 2002. CAE was founded by Ben Johnson who is a professional reef aquarist with both the experience and…

Free Guide to Anemones of New Zealand

Anemomes are a numerous group of marine creatures with diverse appearances and lifestyles from tropical shallows to bone chilling ocean abyss. Aside from a few species, mostly of the clownfish-hosting variety, the reef aquarium world is very poor in their…

Hydor Selz D Widely Available, Smaller DC Versions Coming Soon

The Hydor Seltz D is the venerable Italian company’s long awaited controllable return pump. Unlike virtually all other controllable pumps, the Hydor Seltz D is actually using a hybrid technology which allows adjustment of the rotational speed using a fully…

BioLux, a New Ceramic Biomedia from Eshopps

BioLux from Eshopps is a new biomedia for all aquariums with a unique shape and structure. The combination of square and spiral structure allows BioLux to be easily placed in all kinds of tanks, filters and sumps while the spiral…

New Abex System is the Ultimate Controller for Aquarium Testing

The Abex System is an exciting new device from Xepta which automatically measures levels of important reef aquarium water parameters. The Abex works in conjunction with the Xepta AutoBalance machine to control and monitor reef aquarium chemistry including Calcium, Magnesium,…

Maxspect’s New Jump line of DC Return Pumps

The MaxSpect Jump DC pumps is the first in the company’s new line of entry-level aquarium products. There’s countless OEM small controllable pumps being cranked out of China but you know MaxSpect would never play that way. These Jump Pumps…