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.

Syncra Advanced; Sicce made their best pumps even better

The Syncra Advanced is the next generation of centrifugal water pumps from Sicce, one of the long time leaders in water pump technology. Not to be confused with the new controllable Sicce Syncra SDC water pumps, the Syncra Advanced is quite…

Tunze Smart Controller 7000 will be able to manage the entire aquarium

The Smart Controller 7000 is Tunze’s first foray into a fully fledged aquarium controller. Tunze has made many multicontrollers over the years to independently control various pumps and lights, but this is the first time the company has offered up…

First quick walkthrough of InterZoo 2016

We’ve made the long arduous trek from Colorado USA through northern Europe to Nuremberg for the biggest pet trade show in the world, InterZoo. We’re tired as heck and the show doesn’t officially open for another two days, but with…

Neptune Systems announces next generation of Apex controller

Neptune Systems has announced a new generation of Apex aquarium controller which completely overhauls the aquarium hobby’s most popular controlling system. The new Apex is different in so many incredible ways and it finally brings with it a huge new…

Aqamai, the Internet of Tanks, by Hydor

Aqamai is the name of a brand new line of aquarium products from Hydor being announced this weekend at InterZoo. Billed as the ‘Internet of Tanks’, Aqamai is not just a new product, or group of devices, but an entire…

Abyzz will be unveiling a huge propeller pump

Abyzz is certainly on a streak now, first by teasing a new huge water pump, the Abyzz A1200, and now with a sneaker photo of what appears to be one jumbo propeller pump. At first glance you might be forgiven…

Vertex Cerebra controller maybe, FINALLY, coming to market

The Vertex Cerebra aquarium controller has been the white buffalo of the reef aquarium hobby for what seems like a generation in aquarium years. We first sighted this mythical aquarium computer, based on the Android mobile operating system, six years…

The Odyssey, a new biographical film about the life of Jacques Cousteau

The Odyssey is new movie coming out in October which chronicles the life of the one and only Jacques Cousteau. Jacques Cousteau is perhaps one of the most famous French persons in the world due to his pioneering work on…

Abyzz A1200 will be one MONSTER controllable water pump

Abyzz has a new pump coming to its lineup and it’s called the A1200. If this picture and the naming convention holds true, by the looks of it seems as if Abyzz has created one monster controllable water pump. Currently…

Tunze controller and Calcium Reactor join the list of new releases for InterZoo 2016

A Tunze Controller and a new Calcium reactor seem like they’ll be in the cards for big reveals next week. Tunze is playing hard to get leading up to this year’s InterZoo and they are continuing to tease us with tantalizing…