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.

Carbon Doser v2.0 Reaches Second Generation with Tunze Collab

The CarbonDoser v2.0 is the new second generation of the first popular ‘electronic’ carbon dioxide regulator for aquarium use. First revealed all the way back in 2009, although it enjoyed plenty of refinements and tweaks it only took a dozen…

Red Sea ReefMat Making World Debut at ReefStock This Weekend!

We’ve been excitedly watching the progress of automatic roll filters in the aquarium space since 2010 with ever more practical models being introduced and offered in the last several years. With their unique perspective on designing aquarium products we had…

Oase BioStyle Thermo Power Filter Offers Substance with Style

The Oase BioStyle is a brand new line of power filters from the German company which has been all been taking the canister filter market by storm. Much like their BioMaster line of canisters the BioStyle exudes style and sophistication…

Top Shelf Aquatics has Built a Killer Reefing Shop

A lot of reef aquarium companies have built a name for themselves in the online and event space for high quality frags and Top Shelf Aquatics is certainly among those leading the pack. It’s easy to develop an image and…

World’s First Grafted Anacropora Pops up for Reef Raft

We’ve seen the ‘grafting’ phenomenon of different fluorescent proteins infecting a wide range of SPS corals including Acropora, Montipora, Stylocoeniella and even Turbinaria but the new grafted Anacropora from Reef Raft are the first of their kind. It’s only quite recently that the reef aquarium…

Seachem Coral Plugs Lg Uses our Favorite Hexagon Shape

Seachem Coral Plugs ‘Lg’ are a new larger version of the Georgia-based company’s small hexagon shaped coral mounts. The original Seachem Coral Plugs are famously small and beloved by some coral farmers, particularly zoanthid growers because they can pack in…

The ReefStock Raffle is a Mountain of Aquarium Gear

With ReefStock Denver 2022 less than two weeks away we’re starting to make sense of the deluge of raffle prizes we’ve received from nearly every aquarium company in the American market. The ReefStock event staff takes great pride in assembling the…

RIFT Aquarium Controller Now Available for Pre-Order

The Rift Machine One is a new aquarium controller from Portugal that was created to be an all in one control and monitoring platform for nearly every aquarium application. The Rift Machine One is fully cloud connected to keep tabs…

Bacterkit Aragonite is Prodibio’s New Substrate ‘Conditioner’

Bacterkit Aragonite is a new bacterial inoculation additive from Prodibio for saltwater aquarium substrates to help do much more than simply cycle your aquarium. The new aragonite flavor of Bacterkit follows in the footsteps of their Bacterkit Soil which introduces…

The Nano Reef gets First Deep Cleaning in Two Years [Video]

Despite much conflicting information about reef aquariums, small nano reef tanks are the easiest and most affordable way to dip your toes into this fascinating and stimulating hobby. It’s been over two years since we installed the Red Sea Nano…