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.

Hydrofarm’s Tower of Power is a playground for timers

Hydrofarm’s Tower of Power is an innovative vertical power strip which helps to keep various timers from hogging precious outlets. Power strips are an important part of aquarium keeping – we’ve got lots of devices and gear to plug in,…

Age of Aquariums has grown the Mother of all Space Invader Pectinia

Even after all these years, the Space Invader Pectinia is such a recognizable coral in American reef aquariums that we love seeing it in diverse tanks, and especially when they are big. But no Space Invader Pectinia that we have…

LiveAquaria makes historic first aquarium offering of the line-spot triggerfish

Xanthichthys lineopunctatus is a triggerfish so rare that it doesn’t even have a real common name, but that hasn’t stopped LiveAquaria from scoring the first ever live specimen for the aquarium trade. LiveAquaria is going with the Fishbase common name…

ReefLEDLights builds a holy union of diodes and carbon fiber

The ReefSpectrum P47 ReedLEDLight is a stand out effort from a crowded field of crafted and small batch LED lights for aquarium lights. We’ve seen lots of DIY and small-batch produced LED lights for aquarium use; some of them barely…

Fish Frenzy refrigerated fish food treat (updated)

Fish Frenzy is a new fish food from AquaTech Co., the makers of AZOX Macro Coral Diet. While “whole foods” like copepods, zooplankton and phytoplankton have been available as refrigerated foods for a long time, the new Fish Frenzy is…

Crossover Diet by Neptune Systems to ship as samples in the AFS

The Crossover Diet is a little surprise from Neptune Systems which will be shipping as samples with all new orders of the spanking new Automatic Feeder System. A collaboration between Neptune System and Reed Mariculture, the Crossover Diet is both…

Green splash sandal corals begin to appear in manageable sizes

As an avid fungiid lover, we were absolutely thrilled to visit that ginormous green splash sandal coral at Global Oceanic Life after MACNA. At the same time we regretted that such an awesome coral was of such an unrealistic size…

Wireless dimmable metal halide ballast coming soon from ReefBrite

ReefBrite has a new dimmable metal halide ballast on the way which will finally bring with it some new features which have become commonplace with all LED lights. Dimmable metal halide ballasts are nothing new, they’ve been around in some…

MaxSpect unveils two new large high powered LED floodlights

If you thought LED spotlights couldn’t get any bigger, think again. We’ve had 100 watt LED spotlights and floodlights around for a while now and not only is MaxSpect releasing a one hundred watt LED spotlight, they’re also going to…

Dr. G’s Caviar medicated fish food for treating three broad fish diseases

Dr. G’s is already well known for innovative treatments of marine fish diseases, most notably the medicated frozen fish food. The Dr. G’s Caviar line of refrigerated medicated fish food is possibly the first of its kind with three different foods…