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.

Tanklimate & Lift – Two New Practical Accessories from Eshopps

The Eshopps Tanklimate & Lift are two new useful acrylic accessories to help streamline a couple of common reef aquarium needs. These well thought out acrylic products shown off at Reefapalooza New York were designed to be very practical and…

First Live Pictures of a Spectacular Supermale Lennardi Wrasse!

The Lennardi Wrasse is clearly one of the most colorful and beautiful of all the medium and large size wrasses. As beautiful as Lennardi wrasses are, all the specimens that we’ve seen to date have been only of juveniles and…

PSA: Lots of Screaming Deals from Stone Aquatics Liquidation Sale

We don’t do this often but since its one of our local fish stores having a liquidation sale, we thought we’d give you a heads up. So for the last several years Stone Aquatics, purveyor of many fine rare reef…

Reefapaloza New York 2018 Wrap-up Video

Reefapalooza New York has wrapped up another great show for the year and surprise, surprise, there was still a lot of corals there. We covered more of the booths, neat displays and new products in our Saturday and Sunday Livestreams…

Karcher Window Vac is the Lovechild of a Wet-Vac & and a Squeegee

Whether you’ve got a big tank, a lot of tanks, or just want to have that perfectly clean glass with a minimal amount of wiping, the Karcher Window Vac is a tool which should make that goal a reality. The…

This Remix Lord Coral will be at ReefStock Australia

ReefStock Australia is shaping up to be the country’s biggest reef show ever and already we’re starting to get a peek at what makes this show special. This crazy Micro Lord coral collected by Salty Pets is just one example…

Aquashella is Bringing an Aquarium Festival to Chicago!

It might seem like there’s a never ending parade of new reef shows popping up in America on a frequent basis but AquaShella will not be a ‘regular’ reef show. Spearheaded by George Mavrakis better known as CoralFish12g, AquaShella is…

Visiting the Coral Greenhouse of Tampico Coral Farms [Video]

Greenhouse Coral Farming was once a hypoed buzzword in the coral hobby but although we don’t hear so much about it these days, there’s still some reefers soldiering on growing corals with natural sunlight. I had the opportunity to visit…

Nano Chiller by Chill Solutions now with Digital Thermorstat

The summer heat can be hard to beat, especially in small and nano reef tanks where the volume isn’t enough to retain much heat, and for which there aren’t many efficient cooling options. The CSXC-1 Nano Chiller from Chill Solutions…

Teleport Yourself to Reefapalooza New York With Our Saturday & Sunday Livestream Videos

Just like in Orlando, Reefapalooza New York was a most excellent reef aquarium show brimming with reefers, interesting new gear, and exciting livestock. It’s really hard to imagine how Reefapalooza’s producers could make this event any better but we also…