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.

Eheim LEDControl Shows How Out Of Touch This Company Has Become

If any other company had released a device like the LEDControl we would give them a pass, but we have much higher expectations of the venerable German company. Looking more or less like a PWM controller, the Eheim LEDControl appears…

New Vital Wave LEDs Are Serving Up A Rainbow of Color

Simple LED Spotlights have mostly given way to controllable fixtures in the Western reefing aquarium scene, but new controllable versions from Vital Wave are packing a ton of new heat. Not only are these new Vital Wave LED spotlights controllable…

Great New Pictures of BLUE Queen Angelfish from St. Paul’s Rock

The Queen Angelfish is one of the most iconic reef fish in the Caribbean Sea. It’s appearance has some regional variation throughout its range from Florida to Brazil, but there’s one place where the queen angels put on some very…

Best Reef Tank Teardown Time Lapse Video

Reef tanks don’t last forever, but it’s nice when they go out on a high note. Usually when a reef is shut down, it’s because of some aquarium catastrophe, or extraneous circumstances related to the house in which it resides. …

Deepwater Aquatics Has A Killer New Controller For The BLDC Pump

Deepwater Distribution has just announced a very substantial overhaul to their popular BLDC pump. The BLDC pumps just a big bump in features and performance mostly through a swanky new controller that is a quantum leap from their old one. …

Come Coral Shopping With Me At Reefapalooza New York 2017

As epic as reef shows like Reefapalooza are, we know that not everyone can make it out for this pinnacle of coral shopping extravaganza. So in an attempt to bring you along for the ride and a vicarious coral shopping…

The Reefapalooza Community Shines In The Latest On Location Video

The reef aquarium community wouldn’t be the same without fancy corals or exotic fish, but it would be nothing without the people – all you reefers out there. Attending so many reefing shows this year really drove that point home…

An Assortment Of Reefapalooza New York Videos From Reefing YouTubers

It’s no secret that the aquarium hobby exploded with the growth of the internet. And now with content creators finding fertile grounds on YouTube we’re seeing a renaissance of citizen reporting on the aquarium hobby from a wide diversity of…

New Coral Candy Aquarium Food Launches At Reefapalooza New York

Coral Candy is the name of a new coral food that we sighted for the first time this weekend at Reefapalooza in New York. Coral Candy is a do it all food with a mix of ingredients across a range…

Monsoon Aquatics Risked Their LIVES to Get These Button Scolies!!

We just received a crop of photos from Monsoon Aquatics of some button ‘Scolies’ they recently collected and boy are they spectacular! Although probably undescribed, the hobby has been enjoying these button scolies for a few years now and Northwest…