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.

Hands on with the beautiful, impossibly small Smart ATO by AutoAqua

Despite being framed in calipers, nothing displays the incredible compactness of the new Smart ATO from AutoAqua like seeing it in person, and holding it in your hands. The new water level sensor and controller of the Smart ATO fit…

Nuvo Shallow Reef Series aquariums are well equipped for luscious reefing

The Nuvo Shallow Reef All In One aquarium series from Innovative Marine was one of the hottest announcements of MACNA this year. Seeing the Nuvo SR Series aquariums in person gave us visions of a future filled with larger, shallower…

Proaquatix’s circular lookdown aquarium easily one of the best at MACNA (video)

For all the aquariums on display at MACNA, filled with crazy colorful corals, exotic species and the latest LEs, it was a fish tank that really grabbed our attention at MACNA. The circular lookdown tank by Proaquatix was the most…

Four new Gobiodon species from the Red Sea

A handful of new species of Gobiodon coral gobies have just been described from the Red Sea. The new Gobiodon species were teased out of coral gobies from the marisrubri although several of the species are also known to occur in the Indian…

New Life Spectrum MAX for feeding finicky fish

New Life Spectrum Max is a new pelleted food for feeding finicky fish which are notroiously difficult to acclimate to aquarium foods. Formerly named New Life Spectrumax, the simple ‘Max’ name is much easier to pronounce and now features a…

Reef Octopus Diablo DC Pump

The Reef Octopus Diablo DC pump is the company’s first in-house designed controllable water mover. With DC water pumps surging in popularity for aquarium use, Reef Octopus is building on the successes of their speedwave-derived DC skimmer pump and building…

Envvy cases are taking over reefer’s iPhones

Eshopps’ Envvy cases came out of left field in a hurry and already they are starting to pop up everywhere. This weekend at MACNA the Envvy was visible on dozens of people’s coveted Apple phones and the flashy cases were…

Sandal Coral, Sandalolitha dentata can grow to ginormous proportions

Sandalolitha dentata, the Sandal Coral, can grow so huge that it may be the only coral brought up by a collecting diver, such as the story of how this one specimen was collected. Easily over 18 inches long (46cm), this…

Reef Octopus NWB SSS Super Space Saver brings even more performance to a smaller package

CoralVue is on fire with a slew of new products announced and revealed at MACNA. The Reef Octopus NWB ‘SSS’ Super Space Saver is a new model of protein skimmer in two sizes with just about the highest ratio of…

Prodibio Dose n’ Drop helps meter out Pro sized vials of BioClean

Prodibio, makers of Biodigest and Bioptim, have introduced a new system for owners of large tanks to slowly dose out the Pro-size vials. Prodibio instructions advise users to dose the two-part bacteria solution every two weeks but some power users…