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.

Top 10 Featured Reef Tank Videos of 2018

We do a lot of different stories and produce a wide variety of videos but without a doubt, our favorite content is featuring successful reef tanks. We’re talking about tanks that are the clean, colorful, well aquascaped, with a quasi…

This is One Incredible Yellowfin Surgeonfish

There are over 80 species of surgeonfish but the aquarium hobby is dominated by yellow tangs, blue tangs, purple, koles, powder blues and just a few others. But there’s a whole world of tangs and surgeonfish that are barely represented…

Gramma brasiliensis Builds Nests Like a Bird

The royal gramma is one of our all-time favorite reef fish and it is one of the most common reef fish in the saltwater aquarium hobby. The royal gramma is found throughout the greater Caribbean but to the south lives…

Rare Fish & Colorful Corals in the Latest Studio Vlogs

In the latest updates we’ve got a video of some very special fish and a nice broad coral flat full of thriving colonies and frags. We received a nice box of angelfish from Poma Labs including two small captive bred…

Drs. Foster & Smith Shutting Down but LiveAquaria Will Remain

Drs. Foster & Smith has been one of the major players in mail order pet supplies for over two decades, and the reef aquarium hobby has grown quite fond of their livestock division, LiveAquaria. Just a few short years ago…

The Rainbow Splice Acropora Millepora from Reef Raft Canada

There are grafted corals and then there is the Rainbow Splice Millepora from Reef Raft Canada. This naturally produced bicolored strain of the hobby’s favorite Acro, Acropora millepora, was spotted among the diverse coral collections of Reef Raft. A single branch tip…

Top 10 New Fish Species of 2018

One of the funnest parts of keeping up with all the happenings in the world of marine life is learning about all the new discoveries of rare and exotic reef fish. Sometimes, oftentimes, these new species come from far away,…

A Tour of the Frag Farm of Worldwide Corals [Video]

You’ve seen their frags at the reef shows, you’ve seen pictures of their corals all over the internet and they are on everyone’s wish list – we’re talking of course of the internationally recognized strains & frags from Worldwide Corals.…

Top 10 New Products of 2018

There’s never been a better time to be a reef aquarist than right now as all the gear is getting better, smarter, more efficient and dare we say a whole lot more fun! This constant wave of new reef aquarium…

Maxum Battery Air Pump Coming Soon from JBJ

The Maxum Battery Air Pump is a new air mover from JBJ with a whole lot more going for it than the luft and whisper pumps of old. Most notably, the DC air pump is powered by an internal rechargeable…