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.

Ghostly white triggerfish could be rarer than albino mutation

The Ghostly White triggerfish currently listed on Just Rare Fish is truly one of a kind, but also greatly over valued. Having been in captivity for four months, this beautiful white-bodied triggerfish has retained a bold coloration that is even…

Blood Orange Clownfish is ORA’s first intentional hybrid clown offering

The Blood Orange Clownfish looks at once very familiar but also inherently different. If you can’t put your finger on it that’s because the Blood Orange Clownfish is a hybrid between a maroon clownfish and an ocellaris clownfish – the…

Smart Reef unveils its Smart Touch aquarium controller interface

We haven’t seen that much information from Smart Reef. whose new aquarium controller platform made some debut appearances this fall in Italy. Seemingly the first component of the Smart Reef system to be seen in full is the intuitive Smart…

Reef Aquarium Volume 3 is now available in digital format

The venerable Reef Aquarium Volume 3 has just been released in digital form on iBooks. We wouldn’t call it an ebook, but the third volume in the venerable The Reef Aquarium series is available to read and view on your…

Simultaneous coral spawning at ORA indicates their broodstock is in prime health

Coral spawning in aquaria is rare and it’s hard enough to catch. For a recent visit to their coral greenhouses, luck was on ORA’s favor as they happened to be in the right place at the right time to catch…

ReefWare aquarium tracking software features integration with popular controllers

ReefWare is a new aquarium tracking application that brings the concept up to speed with some novel features. Although reef and aquarium tracking programs and apps have been around for eons, it’s only recently that aquarium controllers have gotten the…

This baby marlin would make the raddest aquarium fish (for about a month)

This awesome little fish hopefully has a big future ahead but it would make an unreal aquarium fish — until it would quickly outgrow its cage. One fisherman actually caught this baby blue marlin by hand in the ocean off…

National Marine Fisheries Service extends endangered coral ruling by six months

The American reef aquarium hobby can breathe a little easier today, at least for another 6 months. Having received a deluge of public comments and lots of criticisms from coral researchers and scientists, the National Marine Fisheries Service is extending…

Current USA invents new product category with the Single Ramp Timer

The Single Ramp Timer, when it was first announced, was an unusual creature, an oddball in the aquarium market since nothing like it has ever been offered to aquarists before. For decades we have relied on basic mechanical or digital…

Rossmont Mover prop pump brings tons of flow in a tiny package

The Mover propeller pump is a new device from a new company called Rossmont which takes great pride in designing and fabricating in its native Italy. With other high quality pump manufacturers like Eden, Sicce and Hydor also being based…