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.

Algae Reactor Pro from Pacific Sun

The Algae Reactor Pro is a solidly built new macroalgae and Chaetomorpha reactor from Pacific Sun. Pacific Sun is making the Algae Reactor (AR) Pro in four sizes, a small, medium, large & jumbo XXL models, each with sturdy white…

There is NO Ban on Indonesian Corals

The reef aquarium industry has been understandably on edge these past few months, with tangible uncertainties about the future of marine life exports from Hawaii and Fiji as of late. Today, an ambiguously worded, and poorly translated, message from the…

Nyos Torq Media Reactor is all about that Base!

The Nyos Torq media reactor is a spanking new design that should get everyone much more excited about using chemical medias again. With its modular design that comes in three sizes and a special pumping base to power it all,…

Hydor Seltz D Controllable Pump Pricing

Seltz D is the newly revealed official name for the Varia Flow pump that Hydor has slowly been pulling back the curtain on since last fall at MACNA. The first thing we learned about the Seltz D is that it…

RCT Hawaii is Back in Action, with Captive Raised Convict Tangs

Frank Baensch of Reef Culture Technologies is back to raising fish and their latest target is the Hawaiian convict tang. You could be forgiven for not immediately recalling who and what RCT Hawaii is but let us refresh your memory. …

Top Companies We Expect Great New Products From at InterZoo

If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time, then you know that InterZoo is the ‘Olympics’ of new pet and aquarium products. This mega-conference is so large that it takes place every two years, across several halls…

EpoReef Aquascaping Rocks by ATI

EpoReef is a new concept from German aquarium company ATI which is a kit of reef-suitable rocks. The selection of EpoReef rocks are specially chosen to be mixed and matched to create a modular system of aquascaping.  Presumably made of…

Royal Exclusiv Announces New Red Dragon 6 Needle Wheel Pump

The Red Dragon pump is one of the most storied line of water and needle wheel pumps in the high end sector of the reef aquarium hobby. In recent years Royal Exclusiv has been iterating on DC controllable versions of…

Poma Labs & PE Mysis are GIVING AWAY one Conspicuous Angelfish

If you’re like us and the conspicuous angelfish is on your bucket list of holy grail fish to have in your aquarium, boy do we have some great news for you. As you should already know by now, Poma labs…

Rare Fish Spotlight: The Poor Man’s Candy Basslet, Liopropoma swalesi

The Swalesi basslet, Liopropoma swalesi, is a very attractive fish which is hardy and a perfect, calm-mannered citizen of reef aquariums. Although it’s a beautiful fish, the swalesi basslet has been mostly overshadowed by more exotic species of basslets, most notably, the…