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.

Friday Coral FIRE From Corals Down Under
We don't know what's happening over in Mackay, Australia but Corals Down Under has really hit a hot streak of juicy corals as of late. Whether they've found some particularly lush reefs to harvest from, going out more often or simply taking…
Tela Bay is what All Caribbean Reefs Used To Look Like[Video]

Picture every picture or video of a lush, thriving coral reef you’ve ever seen – virtually all of these are only in the Indian or Pacific Oceans because Caribbean coral reefs have degraded so much in the last couple of…

Cyrex A1 LED With Articulating Side Clusters

The Cyrex A1 Series LED is an aquarium light fixture made by Zhongshan Ziaolan Nanfeng Lamps Factory. That’s about as much English information as we were able to glean from their giant booth at CIPS and the rest we’ll have…

10 Year Old Japanese Style Soft Coral Reefscape [Video]

It’s been nearly ten years since we featured Amazing Aquariums & Reefs‘ fantastic ‘Japanese Style’ soft coral reefscape and this reef tank looks as good as ever. Despite all the intervening time perhaps the most remarkable thing about this tank…

Epaulette Shark Hunting Exposed Reef at Low Tide [Video]

If you needed any more proof that Epaulette Sharks are one of the coolest predators on the reef, look no further than a trio of new videos from PBS, the BBC and the Smithsonian. Epaulette sharks’ small size, benthic nature…

Next Generation OW Propeller Pumps from Jebao

Love them or hate them, Jebao’s popular and affordable line of RW propeller pumps radically changed the landscape of water flow in reef tanks. They did this not through any particularly improved performance or feature set, and reliability aside, there’s…

Spruce Up Your Fish Room With Sweet Steel Cutouts

Like much of the natural world, the colorful and wonderful patterns of marine life lends itself incredibly well to artistic production. MAD Fabrication is a metal shop out of Albuquerque which has been inspired by many of our favorite reef…

Ceramic Vida-Rock is Back With Great New Shapes, WYSIWYG Too!

VidaRock was once one of the great Ceramic rock makers in the U.S. but they seemed to have busied themselves with other projects the last few years. After a long absence the company is back with a ton of new…

Japan has a New Species of Deepwater Triplefin

Enneapterygius velatus is a new species of triplefin recently described from Japan. Coming from the deep waters of the Ryukyu Islands, the holotypes for this new fish was collected at 55 meters (180 feet) deep but it has been photographed…

Ultimate Video Tour of Amazing Aquariums & Reefs

Keeping corals alive in reef tanks can be incredibly easy, as long as you keep it simple. The biggest downfall of new and experienced reefkeepers is making reef tanks more ‘elaborate’ than they need to be, and getting wrapped up…