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.

These New Species Of Grallenia Micro Gobies Are Adorable!

Grallenia is a genus of miniature gobies that you may not have heard of before. But with the recent addition of five new species to this group you will want to remember them in case you ever run into them at…

I’m Dying For A Xmas Tree Worm Rock Like This

Ever since I started in the hobby in the mid 90s, Xmas Tree worm rocks, coco worms and feather dusters have been among some of the most fascinating non-coral animals for a reef tank. The popularity of Xmas Tree worm…

Focustronic LED Review Video – Hands On With The World’s First Moving Aquarium Light

The Focustronic Focus1 LED has been making the rounds of reef aquarium shows throughout the year. But we had to get our hands on a Focus1 for ourselves to finally see this promising new light over live corals.  What better…

MACNA 2018 Will Be In Las Vegas For It’s 30th Year

MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, will be in Las Vegas Nevada, September 7th to the 9th. If our math serves us correctly this will be the 30th year for this now global conference of all things reef,…

Sera LED Moonlight Makes Nighttime Viewing Fun and Easy

I remember a time, when LEDs were just a twinkle in our collective eyes, and dedicated moonlights were the breakthrough LED device. As our lights have become increasingly LED-powered, we’ve mostly lost that LED moonlight category, with most LED fixtures…

Sacura sanguinea Is A Wild New Species Of Deepwater Anthias

Sacura sanguinea is a striking new species of anthias with a coloration and ornate finnage that is truly befitting of this group of fish. Described based on just a few specimens from the Andaman Sea, this new species has a…

Maxspect Turbine Duo Has Two Outlets With Just One Motor!

The Maxspect Turbine Duo is a radically new pump design that we know reefers will love. Much like the Gyre pump, the Turbine Duo has a centrally mounted motor which powers two water moving assemblies on either side. However unlike…

PolypLab New Live Foods, Tigriopus californicus & Tisbe biminiensis

Tigriopus californicus – if you’ve been reefing for even a short time this is probably the only species of copepod that you know by name. First introduced to the aquarium hobby by Reef Nutrition’s Tigger pods, this species has become…

Introducing A New Generation Of ‘pH Pens’ From Anura

Anura is a new company which is aiming to put the sexy back in pH pens. To be fair, pH pens in the aquarium hobby have never been that sexy to begin with, because who gets excited about pH anyway?…

Klir Automatic Roll Filter Coming Soon From CoralVue

Klir is a new automatic filter roll from CoralVue that we expect will be arriving later this fall. A flashy new video hints at many interesting features of the new Klir Filter but we’re dying to discover how CoralVue hopes…