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.

CFP Checker Flashlights on sale this weekend at the Two Little Fishes MACNA booth

The Coral Fluoresent Protein (CFP) Checker Flashlight that several MACNA attendees received last year are now available to buy this weekend. While supplies last, Two Little Fishes will be selling the CFP Checker Flashlight from Eco-Lamps at prices so low…

MACNA 2014 website goes live, register NOW for early bird pricing of $89

The MACNA 2014 website went live just minutes ago and you can get a first look at what this show is all about. The 26th Marine Aquarium Conference of North America will take place August 29 to the 31st at…

Planet Pro LED is Elos’s newest flagship aquarium light

The Planet Pro LED is a full-on flagship LED light from Elos which is packing a whole new suite of features. The entire straight-edged fixture serves as the heatsink of the Planet Pro with air being drawn from the underside…

Hands-on with the impressively built Zetlight ZP3600 PRO LED light

The Zetlight ZP3600 Pro is part of a new breed of LED lights from China which exhibit a higher degree of industrial design outfitted with higher grade LEDs and a modern set of features. We’ve seen these well-packaged LED lights…

AI Hydra Fifty Two LED promises incredible brightness

The Hydra Fifty Two is a brand new LED light from AquaIlluminatoon debuting here at MACNA this weekend. The Hydra 52 uses the same basic shell of the still-new Hydra but it is populated with fifty two freaking LEDs!! And…

MACNA 2014 will take place in Denver, the first Mile High Macna

The rumors about MACNA 2014 have been a flyin’ this week but it’s not official until you see it on Reef Builders. MACNA 2014 will take place August 29-31, 2014, for the first Mile High MACNA in Denver, Colorado. The…

Sneak peek of World Wide Corals’ massive new booth for MACNA 2013

World Wide Corals is going really big with a new booth they’ve built for MACNA 2013. With half a years worth of design and tweaking the concept, Lou & Victor are ready to bring a new level of professionalism to…

Your one stop hub for all the best MACNA news

MACNA may not yet have officially begun, but for the professionals building and designing products and the coral vendors who are on their way to South Florida right now, MACNA is in full swing. The same goes for the Reef Builders writing…

Orphek AzureLite 5 watt blue LED will help find MACNA’s best corals

The AzureLite is Orphek’s way of saying that in addition to making LED lights, we want to be a full-on marine aquarium company with protein skimmers and flashlights too. The AzureLite debuting at MACNA 2013 this weekend is a 5…

Hydor’s Smart Level ATO controller is ready for full deployment

We got our first look at the Smart Level at InterZoo about a year and a half ago. Within that time Hydor has greatly refined the design of the Smart Level ATO controller and it is now ready for prime time. The…