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.

Cerebra 2: Vertex Takes Another Crack At The Ultimate Aquarium Controller

Although the Cerebra came out just about a year ago, Vertex has switched gears in a pretty substantial way. First of all, ditch any notions about the Cerebra 2 that it’s simply a revamped, refreshed or otherwise updated version of…

IceCap 2K Will Be The First Gyre Pump Sized For Nano Tanks

The IceCap 2K is a new, licensed Gyre pump from CoralVue which is going to be a real winner for a number of reasons. This small pump has a small price to match and a new and improved controller with…

Must-Watch: Full Video Tour of Visit To Jason Fox Signature Corals

Visiting Jason Fox at home in Maryland has been on my ‘Biofreak Bucket List’ ever since his name became synonymous with new and exciting corals. Finally this summer I made the drive especially to see his sprawling tanks, delicious corals,…

Roa rumsfeldi Is A New Species Of Butterflyfish From The Philippines!

Roa rumsfledi is an exciting new species of butterflyfish from a genus that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. Before today the Roa butterflyfish consisted of just four species which all have a high body profile and a pattern of alternating…

Seneye Coral Monitors Alkalinity For Just $200!!!

The Seneye has been a curiosity in the world of aquarium monitors since its release over six years ago. But with the recent announcement of the new Seneye Coral and Spectra devices, the Seneye monitors are about to get a…

TMC Unveils Their New REEF-Roller Filter In Two Sizes

The REEF-Roller is a new auto filter roll making its debut in the United Kingdom from Tropical Marine Centre. The two new Automatic roll filters come in two sizes with fairly different form factors.  The REEF-Roller has the ‘traditional’ horizontal…

Algae Buster: FIRST reef aquarium algaecide registered with FDA

Next to fish diseases and power failures, algae outbreaks are the bane of existence for many aquarists. Besides good practices and plenty of algae grazers, we have a good number of tools in our fight against the dreaded green growth…

RS-7 SpectralLED Makes The Ultimate Tunable LED Light

The multicolor LED chip above is the most complete reproduction of the light spectrum possible with solid state lighting, but don’t go getting your hopes up of using it on an aquarium just yet. This multicolor, multichannel LED puck is…

First Trailer For Jason Fox Mini-Documentary Video

We know it’s been a long wait since we first went to Jason Fox’s house but trust us, the video will be well worth the wait. With so many tanks to feature and so many shots captured, it’s taken an…

Unannounced Bubble King ‘Micro Skimmer’ Spotted At Royal Exclusiv Factory

Thanks to the eagle eyed observers at Emoceans we’ve gotten ahold of the first picture of a yet unannounced new protein skimmer series from Royal Exclusiv. These small protein skimmers are about as small as we’d ever expect to see…