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.

Teaser Trailer of Sanjay Joshi’s Acropora Dominated Reef Aquarium

If you’ve been following Reef Builders Videos on our YouTube channel, you know that there’s been a whole lotta action in this space lately. Tons of featured reefs, unboxings, livestreams, we’re really firing on all cylinders.  Last week prior to…

Rare Black & White Moorish Idol Is First Ever Found!

Moorish Idols are one of those quintessential iconic reef fish – they are so popular that the more common and easier to keep Heniochus are sometimes called the ‘Poor Man’s Moorish Idol. The reason for the illustrious prestige of Zanclus canescens…

Sinuorota is a Completely New Genus Of Disc Corals!

Sinuorota is a completely new genus of disc coral which was just created for one very standout species, Cycloseris hexagonalis. It’s no secret that disc corals of the Fungiidae coral family are extremely diverse and interesting, but it turns out that…

New KH Guardian Monitor Tracks Alkalinity For Half The Price!

The KH Guardian is the most recognizable product in the exciting new category of alkalinity controllers and it will now be available in a new monitor version. The just announced KH Guardian Monitor still performs the same testing and reporting of…

New Somatic 90 & 120 Sumps From Vertex at Reefapalooza New York

The Somatic Sump & Protein Skimmer 60 combo from Vertex Aquaristik is one of the best value in the reef aquarium hobby, and they’re introducing two new larger sizes. At Reefapalooza New York Vertex showed off the new Somatic 90…

Orphek Slimline LEDs Now In Reef And Freshwater Spectrums

Orphek has just added two new models of its unique Slimline LED aquarium striplights. The Super Blue Slimline was the first iteration of the elongated Orphek LED fixture and the platform has now been used to carry LEDs in colors…

These Neat Bandfish Are Totally Worth A Species Focused Aquarium

Of all the many different species and groups of marine fish we have written about in the last ten years, it’s a shame we haven’t spotlighted the bandfish, until now. These fish are rarely seen in the aquarium hobby, probably…

Five Reasons Why I Love My Linki Gobies

The Linki Goby, Amblygobius linki, is an interesting fish that was introduced to the hobby by Biota Palau just a little over a year ago. Now that I’ve had my pair of Linki gobies for most of that time, I thought…

The Classic Community Reef Tank of Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson is a soft spoken Colorado reefer with an amazing reef tank that we made a point to visit last week. As the star of Mile High Reefers, Scott has one of the most productive reef aquarium channels on YouTube,…

Maxspect Recurve LED Light, Full Details and Pricing (VIDEO)

The Recurve LED is easily one of the most exciting new LED lights in a long time, and certainly of 2017, and we’ve got the whole scoop on this new reef aquarium tech. We’ve gotten a look at this fixture…