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.

Unique Scopas Tang is a Looker Even With No Tail

Tail less fish are surprisingly more common in saltwater fish than you would think but this kind of amputation doesn’t seem to bother certain fish like the gorgeous near-adult scopas tang pictured here. This disabled Zebrasoma scopas was collected in the…

Giesemann Vervve G3 Launching in a Few Weeks

The Giesemann Vervve G3 is the German company’s newest flagship LED which is sporting all the features and specifications of a modern reef aquarium fixture. While the housing of the Vervve G3 has been unchanged from prior generations the nuts…

Parade of Pure Perfect Wild Clownfish from Papua New Guinea

We’ve been excited to see new fish and corals coming out of Papua New Guinea for nearly three years and at long last the day has finally come, at least in terms of the fish. Being in the heart of…

Aqueon 60 Gallon Breeder is Sure to be a Popular Tank

The Aqueon 60 gallon breeder is an exciting surprise of an aquarium from a company that hasn’t really changed up their standard tank sizes since they purchased the old venerable All-Glass Aquarium brand. The 48L x 18W X 16H inch…

Jump SK-800 Skimmer From Maxspect: Hands-on and Comparison

The Jump SK-800 Skimmer is a new device from Maxspect that we learned about just around two months ago and we’re lucky enough to have a review unit to start putting through its paces. Virtually all the features of the…

Echinopora forskaliana, a Rare and Unique Coral from the Red Sea

Echinopora forskaliana is an uncommon species of stony coral that we’d never heard of other than seeing it in passing in Veron’s Corals of the World. But now thanks to a pair of great photographs by Andrey Ryanskiy we can…

Tropic Eden Morroca Makes us Excited About Reef Rock Again

We’ve already recognized Tropic Eden’s new Morroca rock, formerly known as Pukani, as one of the best new products of 2021 and any reefer worth their weight in salt will be impressed by this new creation. Everything about Tropic Eden…

Carribean Coral Fluorescence Featured in Neon Video

Fluorescence is one of the things we love most about keeping and growing corals in an aquarium so we relish the opportunity to see new corals under the blue light treatment. We don’t have to tell you that although we…

Top 10 New Aquarium Products of 2021

The turning over of a new calendar year might be an arbitrary milestone but we do appreciate this time to reflect on our reef tanks and the aquarium world, in the previous twelve months and those to come. With the…

Rare Prognathodes geminus Photographed in Stunning Detail

It’s been less than two years since Prognathodes geminus was minted a distinct species from the other barred deepwater butterflyfish and today we have some of the first live images of this species in an aquarium setting. Collected by Cairns Marine…