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.

Eheim StreamON+ propeller pump gets a thorough hands-on video

The Eheim StreamON propeller pump is the venerable company’s first new pump design in years. While there’s been nary a trickle of information or details on this side of the pond, we’ve done our best to vacuum up as much…

New Gryphon CR42 AquaSaw can take apart even bigger corals

This whole “coral fragging” phenomenon must be working out because Gryphon seems to be doing brisk business selling tools to take coral colonies apart. Aquarium Specialty working closely with Gryphon saws is proud to announce there’s now a new bigger…

Is this the best aquarium fish trap?

There’s so many ways to build a fish trap for removing problem fish from an aquarium, all of them a minor PITA to use, operate, and only marginally efficient at catching fish from the aquarium. Enter this simple beauty of…

Bruce Carlson shares first known video of Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi

Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi is one of the newest and least known species of velvet angelfishes. Known only from Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea, Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi ranks right up there with Chaetodontoplus niger in terms of elusiveness, and its nearly all…

Drs. Foster & Smith Acrylic Wipes make short work of cleaning tanks

As much time as we spend looking through the aquarium glass, there is nothing high tech about how we keep that glass looking clean and clear. Scrub down the algae on the inside, using a scraper blade or pad, and give a…

LiveAquaria has the lock on some large show size Trachyphyllia

Trachyphyllia is one of those iconic corals that has been in the hobby since forever, and therefore we all know that they are supposed to look like. Especially in regards to size, we expect a typical large specimen of Trachyphyllia to…

Apex Fusion enables enhanced functionality in Vortech water pumps

The forthcoming Apex Fusion is inching ever closer to release and with it, a suite of tantalizing new features. In addition to the new streamlined interfaces and mobile centric design, the thing we are most looking forward to leveraging is…

ProScope + iPhone + AquaPac = underwater microscope

The ProScope is a specialized iPhone case that turns your pocket computer & camera into a portable microscope. Better yet, throw the ProScope assembly into a specially designed AquaPac and take the whole rig inside your aquarium. With an iPhone,…

Frozen Auto Feeder from Avast Marine confirmed in demo video

Those of you who are big fans of fish tanks and giving them as much of the best frozen food possible will really like this. Avast Marine, purveyor of many of the hobby’s most innovative marine aquarium accessories, is apparently…

Rossmont Mover pumps being evaluated by Seaside Aquatics

SeaSide Aquatics has been blazing a trail in the marine aquarium hobby lately, a trail paved with the latest and greatest reef gear, most recent of which is the exciting Rossmont Mover pumps. Designed in isolation from a completely new…