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.

Next Gen Ultra & Platinium Heaters from AquaEL & Cobalt Aquatics

Temperature is THE most important parameter governing the chemistry and biology of our reef tanks and we really should be paying much more attention to its proper regulation. With that in min AquaEL has a whole new crop of aquarium…

Spy’s Red Montipora hirsuta is a Hot Strain of Branching Monti

One of the coolest parts about traveling domestically and international is not just meeting new reefers, but discovering new coral strains we didn’t even know existed. The first of these corals that took my breath away while in Europe in…

InLedCo’s Wild New Design For an Aquarium LED Light

They may not be the prettiest fixtures to look at, but the new commercial LED lights from InLedCo are sporting something we’ve only seen in tiny LED lights, a plastic heatsink. However where the small LED lights get by with…

Elos FrescoFoods Include Fresh Packed Flies, Shrimp & Cyclops

FrescoFood is a new line of freshly canned treats from Elos. This range of FrescoFood includes Chironomous (Flies), Cyclops & Shrimp which are packed in small cans that are shelf stable until they are cracked open.  Elos FrescoFood provides your…

Reefer Skimmers by Red Sea

Reefer is a new line of protein skimmers from Red Sea which are designed to work perfectly with their Red Sea Max and Reefer line of saltwater aquariums. While they don’t push the state of the art, the Red Sea…

Probiotix by New Life Spectrum is a Serious Probiotic Fish Food

Probiotic is one of the biggest buzzwords in nutrition both for people and aquariums, but the entire movement has a dirty secret. It’s cheap and easy to dust everything from foods to salt and even water with probiotic ‘spores’ –…

Tunze LED 8850 Updated with More LEDs and More Colors

Four years after Tunze introduced their novel, waterproof take on what an aquarium LED light can be, at InterZoo 2018 we got to see a worthy update to this original LED striplight. The Tunze full spectrum 8850 LED has been…

Close Encounters With Three Amazing Grammas

People often ask me what my favorite reef fish and they’re often surprised to learn that the common, run of the mill royal gramma is definitely at the top of my list. Fish don’t have to be exotic to be…

AquaEL Safe Aquarium Holds Water Even With Cracked Glass

When glass aquarium break, it can be very dangerous, both for the animals inside the tank and the people nearby, not to mention the potential damage to property. This is why we were very intrigued to see an interesting concept…

Ultra Reef Typhoon Skimmer w/ Controllable Sicce PSK Now Available

It was two years ago at InterZoo 2016 that we saw the first prototype of Ultra Reef’s Typhoon protein skimmer. It was the first of its kind designed specifically for use with Sicce’s then spanking new controllable PSK SDC needle…