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.

JBWave 3rd party Jebao pump controller goes wireless

The JBWave is a third party controller for Jebao propeller pumps made by Joe Jaworski. Joe is an electrical engineer who’s been making electronic devices for aquariums for nearly ten years, all the way back to the days of MCU…

Palau Deep Reef fish collecting video released in full

The Palau Deep Reef collection video is infamous for documenting some of our best deep diving ichthyologists “at work” while sounding like Donald Duck. First revealed to the aquarium hobby during the 2008 MACNA Keynote in Atlanta, this video has…

BioSPON hybrid sponge filter has more than one trick up its sleeve

The humble sponge filter is the unheralded hero of aquarium keeping which first made it possible to both filter and aerate aquariums in the early days of aquarium keeping. We can think of almost nothing that has changed about sponge…

Pterois paucispinula: Mombasa lionfish is split into two species

Lionfish get a bad rap these days for a single species that is an unwelcome visitor to Caribbean reefs. But the Mombasa lionfish is now represented by two species that know where they belong geographically. Pterois paucispinula is the new species…

Reef Toy’s XYZ adjustable baffle teased in video

Just a short while ago we shared the adjustable baffle from ReefToys which enables even the least handy reefers to customize a standard glass tank into a sump of their own. In our write up we noted how cool it was…

Filter Sock Silencer from Royal Exclusiv

The Filter Sock Silencer is an ingenious new device that you may have never heard of, because before this week the thing didn’t really exist. It’s only in the last five years or so that filter socks have really hit…

Carolina Aquatics scores an extreme growth form of Turbinaria heronensis

It’s no secret that we hold the uniquely special Hero coral, Turbinaria heronensis, in a special place of our reef aquarium heart. That’s why it warms us to learn that our good friends at Carolina Aquatics, purveyor of our beloved Turbinaria…

Aquapods are already leading the charge in offshore fish farming

We thought long and hard about the relevance of a fish farming story to our readers but the saga of Aquapods is a compelling one. You see, we tend to think of fish farming as the kind of thing that…

Bulk Reef Supply releases a few more MACNA talks: Ciotti on ‘scaping, Mazel on Fluorescence, & Bowling on Palau

Ever since the conclusion of MACNA 2014 in Denver, Colorado we’ve enjoyed a historic round of speaker videos made possible by Bulk Reef Supply. Most of MACNA’s speaker presentations have been uploaded and released but BRS saved a few more…

Corrente Digital Flow Meter from Perfect Reef Systems (PRS)

The Corrente Digital Flow meter is a new cutting edge reef aquarium from Perfect Reef Systems. Flow meters, analog or digital are all but absent in the world of aquariums save for some crude flow ‘indicators’ sometimes built into certain…