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.

Bulk Reef Supply & Worldwide Corals Collab to Identify a Holistic System for Reef Aquariums

Two of the biggest name in the reef aquarium industry, Bulk Reef Supply and Worldwide Corals, are teaming up to present an entirely new concept to the reef aquarium world. You may have heard of the Berlin method, Jaubert System,…

Profilux Temperature Controller 2 Coming Next Year from GHL

The Profilux Temperature Controller 2 is a new thermoelectric device from GHL which can both heat and cool aquarium water. Using state of the art Peltier heat exchangers, the Profilux Temperature Controller 2 is a much smaller piece of equipment…

Fluted Moon Coral Barabattoia from WA Appears in Wild Colors

Barabattoia, the ‘Fluted Moon Coral’ is part of a large group of stony corals belonging to the family Faviidae. We’re all mostly familiar with Favia and Favites moon brains but if you know what to look for, the family is much more…

Get Wider Flow From the New Reverse Nano Pump by Coral Box

The Reverse Nano Pump is an interesting new aquarium propeller pump design from Coral Box. The Reverse Nano Pump looks like the new wave of water pumps that have stators inside the rotor but Coral Box opted instead to go…

Vlog #8 & 9: Driving for Mountain Corals and the First Nano Reef Cleanup

Getting the new Studio up and running has been such a fun and time intensive endeavor, but it will be well worth the effort. Having all the room and tanks and resources to set up displays, work and propagate corals,…

New Macroalgae Reactor Coming Soon From Tunze

Tunze has a new Macroalgae reactor in the works but it’s not the two models we showed you back in May. Unlike the two we saw at InterZoo in Germany, the new Tunze Macroalgae reactor has a lot more refinements which…

New Phospban-L Liquid Phosphate Reducer from Two Little FIshies

Phosban-L is a new liquid phosphate reducer from Two Little Fishies using the tried and tested Lanthanum Chloride additive. Phosphate is just about public enemy number one when it comes to having a clean and healthy reef tank with minimal…

Save Your Tank with New USB Air Pumps from Cobalt Aquatics

The new USB Air Pumps from Cobalt Aquatics are a much needed overhaul to the bait pumps of old. For decades we’ve been using these clunky (and noisy) D-cell air pumps for times when air and water circulation is needed…

Window Shopping the Best New Gear at MACNA 2018 [Video]

Another great MACNA has come and gone and we survived three days and three nights in Sin City. This year’s big event featured the usual fare of great new reef gear and with the new Reef Builders Studio in progress,…

Geo’s Reef Rollermat Sumps Debuting at MACNA

MACNA is always a sure fire place to see some great new reef gear but Geo’s Reef is teasing us with something that we’ve really wanted for a long time. The Rollermat Sump is Geo’s Reef’s first crack at building…