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.

Octo Pulse Pump Might Come Out Before Year’s End!

The Octo Pulse WP101 and Pulse WP401 are the first flow pumps from Reef Octopus. These pumps have a superficial resemblance to the infamous Vortechs but functionally they are very different.  A very compact motor is incased in the magnetic…

RGBlue System 03 Twin Light Has A Radical New Take On Snoot Lighting

The new System 03 Twin Light from RGBlue is a purpose built video/photo dive light which is uniquely suited to give shooters maximum illumination for closeup subjects. This product is a very original take on snoot lighting since instead of…

Navigobius kaguya Is Another Spectacular Dartfish From Japan & Philippines

Navigobius has been one of our favorite groups of dartfish since the genus was erected in 2009. So it is with great pleasure that today we get to add another new species to the genus, Navigobius kaguya.  Until now there…

My Favorite Corals: Vintage Montipora – Green Branching Cap & Leng Sy Cap

In the annals of reef aquarium history, there are two strains which really kicked off the whole concept of ‘limited edition’ corals – the green branching cap and the Leng Sy cap. These two strains of Montipora have been grown in…

Give Macro Subjects Maximum Light With The X-Adventurer Optical Snoot

Another device that X-Adventurer featured at DEMA was a very interesting optical snoot that uses a glass lens to focus incoming light. The use of snoots for super macro photography is somewhat outside our wheelhouse but we’re going to take…

GHL Doser Maxi Full Specs, Pricing & Release Date

GHL has the most impeccable record when it comes to making aquarium dosing systems, the likes of which have been imitated by so many other manufacturers. The GHL Maxi Doser takes the same proven recipe found in the Doser 2.1…

My Favorite Corals: Toxic Green Acropora florida

In the world of aquarium stony corals, the ‘Bali Green Slimer’ has been the king of green SPS for more than twenty years, since the mid nineties. This particularly tenacious strain of green Acropora yongei is so prolific that it even…

X-Adventurer’s Innovative Smart Focus & True Color Video Dive Lights

Boutique dive light brand X-Adventurer has a knack for coming up with new and innovative light designs and they didn’t disappoint with their new models at DEMA. The M3000 Smart Focus and M3800 True Color are two models in particular…

Turn Your Camera Into A Veritable Microscope With the Saga Trio Macro Lens System

You’ve undoubtedly heard of wet lenses but you’ve probably never seen anything like the Saga Trio Macro Lens System. This unique device is an add-on for avid macro photographers which adds +5, +10, or +15 magnification all with the flip…

ReefAPalooza California Speaker Videos Now Online

If you didn’t make it to Reefapalooza in California a few weeks back then you missed one helluva coral market, and some pretty great presentations. I picked up some super fun corals for myself, and I also put together a…