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.

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Hands-on With Six Different Dive Housings for the Lumix GH5
Dive Housings for the Lumix GH5 You can only learn so much about big expensive camera housing by inspecting flattering product shots from the comfort of your couch or armchair. This is why when I was serious about getting the…
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Gold Tiger Maxima Clams From Taiwan

So-called ‘gold clams’ are usually used to describe the unfortunate Tridacna clam species with a preponderance of brown color, but some clams actually are gold. I’m not talking about the super rare gold ‘foil’ variant sometimes seen in T. maxima  & T. crocea, but the lustrous…

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Jake & Jay Discuss Reef Tank Equipment Maintenance (Video)

Everybody knows about reef aquarium maintenance right? We clean the skimmer, wipe down the glass, change the water, test the water, dose the chemicals and feed the tank etc. But we almost never really talk about reef aquarium equipment maintenance but this…

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Three More Dive Housings for the Panasonic Lumix GH5

Dive Housing –  Panasonic Lumix GH5 While researching the ideal housing for a Lumix GH5, I cast a real wide net considering all the different makes and models. I covered the big three housing manufacturers in a previous article – Ikelite,…

Fiji Rock & Coral Ban Officially Withdrawn

During the waning hours of December 28th, with virtually all other offices closed for the holiday and new years break, the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forrests placed an immediate ban on all exports of live rock and corals. This…

‘Controversial’ Giant Clam Hybrid Proven Possible by Aquaculture Researchers

Nine years ago when we introduced the hybrid Maxea Clams to the world there was a small uproar about the validity of these clams’ pedigree. Despite having wild and pretty evenly blended shell shape and mantle patterns, many skeptics decried…

Historical Photograph of One of the Oldest Wild Coral Transplants

Humans have wondered about and been fascinated by corals on wild corals since long before we were keeping and growing them in our home aquariums. Their skeletons have long been a source of beauty, with many species forming semi-precious materials…

The Top Three Dive Housings for the Panasonic Lumix GH5

I’ve been an avid underwater coral photographer for many years now but more recently I decided to step up to the challenge of making dive videos. It will be sad to bid farewell to the trusty Olympus Pen Camera and housing…

Top 10 Reefing Gear to Make Nano Reefs Easy

Keeping nano reef aquarium with a volume of 29 gallons or less requires a special set of devices. You can’t just put up a full size light fixture over a ten gallon tank, or power it with even a smaller…

Ask Reef Builders #2: Why do you believe pH is so important?

Welcome to ‘Ask Reef Builders’, a column where we’ll take some of your best questions and share our responses from which all our readers can learn. For years we’ve answered questions fielded through twitter, facebook and youtube comments, and now…

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