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.

Biotek LED light stand is a classy new way to mount Radions and Hydras

Biotek is a new aquarium product line from Aquarium Specialty that will be breaking out with a beefy acrylic mounting solution for Ecotech Marine and AquaIllumination LED lights. The Biotek LED Light Stand is made of heavy duty black acrylic,…

Small size pellet coming soon to New Era Aquaculture line of fish foods

New Era Aquaculture has its roots in public aquarium feeds and as such, their range of cold extruded fish foods have always been aimed at feeding the big showy fish that public aquariums specialize in. With their push into the…

Reefapalooza Orlando is already off the hook

Reefapalooza Orlando has been open for just about two hours as of this writing and already the show floor is buzzing with a fever pitch of reefing energy. You didn’t need a crystal ball to know that Worldwide Corals and…

CoralVue Elite Super Cone protein skimmers

The Reef Octopus Elite Super Cone Skimmer is the latest high capacity protein skimmer from the highly prolific Chinese marine aquarium company. The Elite Super Cone is essentially identical in specs to the recently announced Reef Octopus Prime skimmers save…

Green-streaked Mycedium colony from Exotic SeaLife International

With both Echinophyllia and Oxypora chalice corals already getting their time in the multicolored spotlight, it was only a matter of time before stupendous streaked specimens of Mycedium started showing up. Exotic Sealife International, a wholesaler out of South Florida is flaunting…

Nyos Quantum skimmer promises lots of refinement while looking outrageously cool

The Nyos Quantum protein skimmer is a familiar cone body design that is being presented in a wholly creative way with lots of refinement throughout its construction. The most striking thing about the Nyos Quantum skimmer is its nearly all-clear…

AquaMaxx Phosphate Out Pro is a GFO with even more PO4 removing power

Phosphate Out Pro is a new, higher capacity phosphate remover for aquarium use that is made of the highest capacity granular ferric oxide (GFO) currently available. It’s been a few years since the release of the original AquaMaxx Phosphate Out…

Orange tongue coral with red tentacles and purple tips – first frag coming to tonight’s Diver’s Den

The mother of all orange tongue corals is coming to LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den tonight. Being a colonial Fungiid, tongue corals of the Herpolitha genus are colonial which makes them a very suitable candidate for fragging and propagation, as is the case…

Coral Frag Tool Kit now available from CoralVue

Coral propagation is a fine art and for some reefers, fragging corals is a hobby unto itself. Recognizing this, CoralVue is now offering a very thorough coral frag tool kit with no fewer than ten stainless steel tools for deconstructing…

MACNA 2014 to introduce new speaker presentation format

Historically, MACNA has reached out to the hobby and industry’s most progressive individuals to give talks, people who’s lives are somehow intertwined with marine aquariums, corals, and reef fish.  This year in Denver, MACNA will carry on that legacy but…