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.

Finding Dory Review: An Aquarist’s Point of View

The long awaited sequel to Disney’s Finding Nemo movie, Finding Dory, finally hit theaters this past weekend and I was thrilled to attend the film on opening weekend. Finding Dory’s producers marketed the heck out of this movie for at least a…

Tunze Calcium Automat Brings Refinement to Calcium Reactor

You may not know this, but Tunze has actually offered a calcium reactor for many years now. The German company’s unique take on the calcium reactor has historically been of an unconventional form factor, but the two new models of…

New Wrasse and Anthias Collected in Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii

We already know that there’s loads of new fish in the mesophotic zone of the ocean so it’s always exciting when new fish are discovered down there. It’s especially tantalizing when new fish are discovered in a national marine park,…

Interview with Tom Bowling of Biota and Biota Aquariums

Tom Bowling and Biota Marine are the aquarium hobby’s two strongest link to Palau, and the multitude of wonders and cool creatures that can be found there. Thankfully, Tom has been a busy little bee over in Palau, successfully culturing…

Pseudojuloides labyrinthus, a sexy new pencil wrasse from Kenya

Pseudojuloides labyrinthus is an exciting new species of pencil wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean. The labyrinth pencil wrasse joins a fresh crop of Pseudojuloides wrasses which have been described in recent years, many of them being discovered by a fellow…

Vertex Cerebra will launch next week at nearly 50% off

The Vertex Cerebra has the dubious distinction of being one of the aquarium products with longest ever development period. We first sighted the new Cerebra aquarium controller from Vertex at InterZoo 2010, and it has come through a lot of revisions…

Red Sea Max Nano will use the new AI Prime HD

The Red Sea Max Nano which was unveiled at InterZoo uses the all-new Prime HD ‘HyperDrive’ from Aqua Illumination. Of course it does, but it wasn’t readily apparent at the InterZoo show since the exterior housing of the Prime HD…

AI Prime HD with HyperDrive gives people the power back

The Prime HD is a new LED light from Aqua Illumination which is the latest to get the HyperDrive treatment. Just under two year ago, Aqua Illumination introduced the HyperDrive power distribution system with the Hydra 26 and Hydra 52 and…

Top 10 Best New Aquarium Products of InterZoo 2016

InterZoo 2016 was a huge event for new aquarium products, and we could have easily spent an additional week walking the halls, checking out all the new gear, and telling you all about it. This year more than ever saw some…

HM Electronics makes a cool motion-controlled LED light

HM Electronics is a new lighting manufacturer out of Taiwan with a curious new aquarium LED fixture. The HME Wing LED sports a sleek angular design which is attractive on its own, but if looks isn’t enough to draw you…