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.

Ecotech Marine QuietDrive is a revolution in DC motor performance and silence

Ecotech Marine’s new QuietDrive is not just a new pump, or a new controller, but a completely new way to drive brushless DC motors which is going to revolutionize the way that users experience their Vortech pumps. The promise of…

NanoBox Reef introducing a new hybrid LED fixture at ReefStock 2015

We’re just at a little over a week from the setup of ReefStock 2015 and we are thrilled to be teased with yet another super exciting new product for the show. These teaser shots seem to show the topside of…

Top 5 favorite Coral Morphological stories

Over the last half decade or more, Coral Morphologic has been the aquarium hobby’s undisputed leader in artsy coral art, especially in the mutlimedia coral reef space. During that time we’ve highlighted “Core-More” and their various projects which span the…

High-yellow Venustus angelfish looks great in high frame rate video

Thanks to this lovely, lengthy study on the variations of  Paracentropyge venusta, we know that there is an interesting degree of variation of color in the purple masked angelfish. The video we are sharing with you today is a quickie…

Water Refill Genie is a new ATO kit with a novel type of level sensor

The Water Refill Genie is a new all-in-one auto-top-off which is aimed at being your go to ATO device no matter what your method of replenishing evaporated water. E-Fins, makers of the Algae Mower Vac has designed the Water Refill…

The hobby needs your help to prevent a trio of sour laws in Hawaii

It’s never a pleasant affair to hear of yet another new law being proposed to shutter the aquarium hobby but today we really need action from all of you. A trio of laws being proposed in Hawaii will go into…

Bubble King Deluxe skimmer gets upgraded for its 10 year anniversary

Royal Exclusiv has been the bleeding edge of technology, design, and craftsmanship of high end protein skimmers for a long time now, with the Bubble Kind Deluxe line being the flagship protein skimmer for the line. For ten years the Bubble…

QuietDrive Vortech pump to be formally announced next week

If you couldn’t already tell, there’s been some hints that Ecotech Marine is working on a new product called QuietDrive. An official announcement is expected to be released next week about the new QuietDrive detailing what this pump is, and…

NanoBox Reef now using a very efficient array of Luxeon T & Rebel LEDs

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from NanoBox Reef but with ReefStock looming, they’ve taken the lid off a new array of LEDs that offer impressive new levels of efficiency. The new board for NanoBox Reef fixtures uses a combination of…

The mature reef tank of Bachir Daas

This video of the reef tank of Daas Bachir may not be the highest quality but hot dog does it show some expansive and luxurious coral growth. We had the opportunity to visit and check out Bachir’s impressive coal tanks…