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.

The MACNA 2017 Video Tour Part 2

In this second installment of our coverage of MACNA 2017 we continue to peruse the show floor looking for and examining the latest and the greatest. There really as a bumper crop of cool new stuff to tell you guys…

Mardi Gras Lord Coral From Epic Aquaria Is Worthy Of The Name

Coral strains have become such an integral part of aquarium coral collecting, it has motivated many coral slingers to slap names on virtually every coral they sell. Most of these ‘named corals’ are simply corals that are globally very common,…

Black Storm Clownfish Coming Soon, Orange Storms Next Year!

The Black Storm Clownfish, formerly codenamed the Super Davinci, and nicknamed the Juggalo clownfish, finally has an official name, and release date. It’s been more than two years since Sea & Reef Aquaculture first wowed the world with their wonderfully…

New Larger Aqamai KPM Water Pump Spotted At Macna

The Aqamai KPM water pump is the second and larger size in the range of controllable propeller pumps in Hydor’s high end brand. We have nothing but love for the Aqamai KPS water pump with its tiny size, ease of…

LiveAquaria Debuts Professional Reef Salt

Professional Reef Salt is a new seawater mix from the one and only LiveAquaria, America’s powerhouse for quality online aquarium livestock. For years LiveAquaria relied on Reef Crystals as their exclusive formula in the coral farm and fish holding facility…

The MACNA 2017 Video Tour Part 1

MACNA in New Orleans last weekend was one of the best looking reef aquarium shows we’ve ever been to. Despite the unfriendly traveling conditions due to Hurricane Harvey making landfall not far from the conference, the vendors and exhibitors all…

Poma Labs Debuts Captive Bred Conspicuous Angelfish

Poma Labs is a brand new venture co-founded by two very influential persons in the aquarium world, Nuri Fisher of Piscine Energetics, and Dr. Matthew Wittenrich, a pioneer in breeding ornamental marine fish. As the name implies, for now Poma…

Titanium Square Skimmer From Macro Aqua

The Titanium Square Skimmer is one heck of a way to make debut in the American reefing scene and that’s precisely what Macro Aqua has done at MACNA 2017 last weekend. Macro Aqua is an innovative Taiwanese company that we’ve…

The Homewrecker Tenuis In Perfect Coloration Is Jawdropping

The Homewrecker and Walt Disney Acros, both Acropora tenuis, are hands down some of the most sensational looking SPS strains the hobby has seen ever. No doubt that many of the photos of these corals floating around the internet have been manipulated…

OctoPump By Reef Octopus Has An Exciting New Design

Reef Octopus has really broken out as one of the premier brands for acrylic products in recent years, particularly for protein skimmers and media reactors. But the new ‘OctoPump’ from Reef Octopus shows that the company has some engineering chops…