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.

Waterbox’s New Rimless Aquariums for Freshwater & Custom Reefs

After making a big splash in the reef aquarium world with their reef ready aquariums & stands, Waterbox is now releasing a new line of aquariums for freshwater and customized reef tanks. The sizes range from six to 167 gallons…

Baby Interrupta Angelfish Return to LiveAquaria

Small Interrupta aka Japanese angelfish are some of the most beautiful and photogenic of all juvenile angelfish. Coming from Japan Centropyge interrupta are only infrequently imported and available in the aquarium hobby and due to their high  demand and limited…

New Vegetable Protein Food Koral Veggy from Xaqua

Koral Veggy is a new coral food from Xaqua which comes specially packaged to provide corals with a fresh treat. As the name implies, Koral Veggy is primarily a plant-based coral food made with ‘vegetable proteins’ consisting primarily of phytoplankton…

Rossmont Skimmer and Riser RX Pump Coming This Spring

Rossmont has made quite a name for itself for building some of the best and quietest AC propeller and return pumps, with the added bonus of being controllable through an optional Waver controller. Until now the Waver’s utility has been…

Surgeonfish
TSM Corals Acquires One of the Nicest Goldrim Achilles Hybrid

One thing we love about hybrids between certain species of fish is how variable their appearance can develop. Sometimes the colors of hybrids ‘cancel’ each other out leading, to an interesting but dull fish, but other times the colors compound…

Narrow ReflectorComing Soon for the Kessil A360X

The Kessil A360X is one fo the most overhauled lighting designs we’ve seen from an aquarium light, and certainly in the LED spotlight category. The X version of Kessil’s celebrated 360 spotlight is much smaller than its predecessor but offers…

New Species
Tosanoides bennetti, Another Great New Species of Deepwater Anthias

Tosanoides bennetti is the latest inductee into one of the most colorful and dare we say it, bombastic groups of tropical marine fish. Bennett’s deepwater anthias is part of a recent ‘spree’ of new species of Tosanoides from the Western…

New Species
Anastromvos, a New Genus of Leather Coral from Northwest Australia

Stony corals get the lion’s share of attention when corals are discussed in general, but you know we’ve got lots of love for the Octocorals and we’re pleased to learn of a brand new genus in this group. Anastromvos is the new generic…

Innovative Marine Teases Possible 70 Gallon Drop Off Tank

The Nuvo INT 70 gallon dropoff from Innovative Marine has been ‘revealed’ in a teaser image on their social media. Without making any mention of whether this tank is real and actually in production, IM asked their fans if they’d…

Marineland LED Track Light Designed for Customiziation

Marineland was the first real big manufacturer to offer a mass produced LED light and they’re back it with an exciting new fixture which is more than ‘reef capable’. The Marineland Double Bright LED light was ahead of its time…

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