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.

Rossmont Mover MX pump will push more water without getting any larger

Rossmont has come up on the one year anniversary of the announcement of their unique Rossmont Mover pumps. To celebrate, Rossmont has entrusted us to reveal that a brand new range of water pumps called the Mover MX line will soon be…

Red Sea Reefer video overview reveals some details about the new system

Red Sea’s Reefer range of rimless reef-ready aquariums are designed for advanced hobbyists who have their own preferences of aquarium equipment, and are also in the market for a higher end tank, stand and sump to start with. More than any…

AccuraSea salinity reference gives you no excuse not to calibrate refractometers

For a hobby that is founded on reproducing the needs of saltwater animals, reef and marine aquarists are woefully undereducated about what salinity actually is, and how to accurately measure it. So many problems with chemical and mineral imbalances in…

Triton Elementz Base now available in the U.S. from Unique Corals

Unless you’ve been reefing under a live rock this year, you will no doubt have heard the aquarium chemical additive buzzword of the year, Triton Elementz. Triton first gained our attention with their interesting Lani LED light fixtures but the…

Apogee rumored to be developing a USB PAR meter

Earlier this year when we wrote about the iPhone Light Meter, we implored the inventors out there to develop something like it for aquarium use. Well our calls were partially heard because we’ve gotten word that something along those lines…

Mind Blowing Corals’ Leptoseris frags shows the power of intensive culture

Once upon a time there were so few of us reefers that there was an unspoken code that corals were to be given away, shared, traded, but never sold. Well that is ancient history now, mostly, and the American reef…

South African Harlequin Goldies, Pseudanthias connelli available for the first time

The Harlequin Goldie, Pseudanthias connelli is an iconic member of the underwater marine aquarium community in its native range of South Africa. A member of the widely distributed Pseudanthias genus, the males of this species sport a dramatically different color and pattern which…

We’re making ReefStock 2015 bigger and better than ever!

With MACNA several months in the rear view mirror, it’s now time to set our sights on the next marine aquarium event to grace the Denver and central Colorado area. Coming up in its eighth year, ReefStock 2015 will take place…

ARKA Vida Dosing Computer is ready for reef aquarium deployment

The Vida dosing computer from ARKA really caught our attention when it was first revealed about a year ago. Since that time we’ve seen the units displayed at trade shows around the world but ARKA didn’t seem ready for a full…

Marineland floating LEDs can make for great looking corals

When you have as many coral tanks as we do, you tend to grow an excess of coral and there’s always a small group of corals that need special care, or don’t quite have their place in the main displays yet.…