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.

Biota Marine Successfully Raises Captive Bred Coral Beauty Angelfish

Coral Beauty angelfish are one of the most common species of Centropyge and finally, this iconic fish has been captive bred. In personal communication with Tom Bowling we knew that Biota Palau was working with some pre-settlement Coral Beauty larvae, but…

Bulk Reef Supply Releases First Wave of MACNA 2016 Speaker Videos

Filming and distributing speaker videos were a longstanding tradition for the first 15 years of MACNA. This aspect of MACNA fell by the wayside in the early 2000s, but it was reintroduced at MACNA 2014 in Denver. MACNA 2015 in Washington D.C.…

Tesla Owners Can Get Their Control Freak On Inside the Car

The biggest tech freaks among us love to have the most sophisticated technology in everything from our cars to our reef tanks. Well owners of Tesla electric cars can easily get the best of both with the huge display of…

Ultum Nature Systems Aquariums are Flawless Boxes of Glass

If there’s one overarching goal with our reporting of the latest and greatest aquarium gear, it’s the never ending pursuit of finding the best. The same way that engineers and architects try to design the perfect chair, as reef hobbyists we’re…

This is How You Setup a Reef Tank for a Family Member

Today’s featured reef is one of our very own, however this aquarium is installed at our Brother’s house. It therefore experiences a very different aquarium philosophy, one where several details are much more critical than they would be if it…

Bodianus bennetti is the newest species of hogfish from the South Pacific

Bodianus bennetti is a new species of colorful hogfish which the aquarium hobby is fully responsible for bringing to the light of day. Bodianus bennetti is closely related to several species in the Trochocopus subgenus of hogfish that are typified by having a…

Royal Exclusiv is Building A Rolling Fleece Filter for Dreambox 2.0 Sumps

Royal Exclusiv is hard at work on the next generation of their flagship sump, the Dreambox 2.0, and it seems like it will gain one very interesting new feature. For their next act, Royal Exclusiv will equip the Dreambox 2.0…

Focustronic Is The First Motorized LED Light For Aquariums

The Focus 1 by Focustronic is a new light from a completely new lighting company with one radical feature we’ve never before seen in aquarium lighting. In addition to being a fully fledged, high-powered, multicolor, multichannel LED light, the Focus…

Mitratus Butterflyfish In The Shape of a Burgess, Or The Other Way Around?

But man, what a brilliant yellow specimen it is! Burgess butterflyfish usually have a mostly black back, black crown and black eyestripe but the Aqua Gift Burgess Butterflyfish is throwing out extra yellow all over the place. Not only is the…

MiniMax Sump Reactor Review:

The MiniMax Sump is a new media reactor from Innovative Marine which is an interesting take on the concept. This new device and its novel operation is a fresh new direction for small media reactors, and it didn’t take us…