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.

Monochrome Moorish Idol Forgot Its Yellow Vest!

The moorish idol is a fish so widespread, iconic and recognizable that its black, white, & yellow stripes have been an integral part of marine artwork for over a hundred years. It’s the conservative nature of how moorish idols look…

HM Electronics Coral Doser Revealed in Video

The Coral Doser is a new peristaltic dosing pump from HM Electronics which is a new product category for the Taiwanese company. You may not be entirely familiar with HM Electronics but they’ve developed many innovative LED aquarium lights like…

Neptune SKY LED Teardown – Make Your Own Conclusions

The Neptune Systems SKY LED light fixture has gotten a lot of attention this summer being the first reef aquarium light developed by the aquarium controller company. Now that Neptune Systems is officially a property of Bulk Reef Supply, a…

PSA: Make Sure to Inspect Your Magnets for Rust!

Magnets are a marvel of the modern world and they are integral to the aquarium hobby being found in a huge range of devices and accessories. Without the attractive field of magnets we wouldn’t have water pumps, return pumps, dosing…

Tunze Cloud Hub & Wireless Controllers Revealed in Teaser Video

The Tunze 7000 Smart Controller was the German company’s first product to offer control of a wider range of aquarium devices and featured local wireless connectivity, but was limited by a clunky web server based user interface. Soon the 7000…

Nyos Floating Fish Trap Coming Soon

The Nyos Floating Fish Trap is a new gizmo coming soon along with a whole slew of new reef gear from the German think tank behind White Corals. This ‘new’ floating fish trap from Nyos appears to be a dead…

Cirrhilabrus aquamarinus & C. chaliasi, Two Classic Fairy Wrasses Get Properly Described

Cirrhilabrus chaliasi and C. aquamarinus are two newly described species of fairy wrasses but while the names might be new, the species themselves are actually well known to saltwater aquarists. We can’t hep but feel a sense of pride that…

Sicce PSK 1200 SDC Finally Announced

The PSK 1200 SDC is one of the biggest new releases we’ve seen from Sicce in years and while you may not know it yet, it is bound to be a highly consequential product in the marine aquarium market. This…

Pavona maldivensis Discovered with Both Orange and Green Color

Pavona maldivensis is one of the most distinctive stony corals in the world with a gnarly growth form and mound shaped corallites that reefers once believed to be a bizarre species of Cyphastrea. Unlike other more encrusting and ruffled species…

Performing Hypodermic Surgery on a Tilefish with a Swollen Eye

There are a lot of ailments that can affect saltwater fish and for most of these we have tried and trusted treatments. If a fish gets ich we know how to use copper, if a fish has flukes we can…