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.

Sicce Shark ADV Filter uses magnetic coupling to make maintenance a breeze

It’s hard for internal aquarium filters to stand out but Sicce’s Shark ADV does just that with what else? Magnets. We’re all familiar with umpteen different ways to take an internal aquarium filter apart, usually of the locking, screw or…

Cannon LED Floodlight takes the Ecoxotic spotlight to new heights

Our first look at Ecoxotic’s new Cannon LED Floodlights at the Reef Systems Aquarama booth was a really pleasant surprise. Although rated for the same 100 watts of light using a multichip LED package, the Cannon LED Floodlights are a completely different…

SeaTest Control System is a game changer for fish tank water testing

The SeaTest Control System from Aquarium Systems France is an extremely novel device which is about to change the way aquarium water is tested, without really changing anything at all. Blending the best of the old and the new, the…

H&H Kraken dosing pump will turn heads with its looks and low price

If the appearance of the H&H Kraken 4-channel doser was meant to grab our attention with its swank outline and carbon fiber finish well it worked. We caught sight of this little wonder-box from quite a distance away, aided by…

AquasunLED is ZooMed’s first foray into solid state lighting

The AquaSun LED light in regular and HO flavors by ZooMed is a light fixture which we first got wind of several months ago but had to come all the way to Singapore to confirm. Here at Aquarama ZooMed showed…

Syncra Minu & Voyager Minu are two card-sized water pumps from Sicce

The Sicce Minu Syncra and Voyager are two incredibly small pint-sized water movers which are sure to make a big splash on the nano reef scene. First spotted by senior writer Danilo Ronchi at the Sicce Zoomark booth in Italy,…

Deltec MCE400 is the newest improvement in efficient hang-on protein skimming

Reef Depot is having all the fun with another great new reef tank device with the Deltec MCE400 hang on protein skimmer. Deltec is renowned for their traditional cylindrical protein skimmers but their boxy hang-on MCE series have been growing in popularity…

AquaSweep rotating filter attachment getting closer to release

The AquaSweep rotating filter attachment is the essential component of the PowerSweep powerhead with the same oscillating action that became a huge hit more than ten years ago. While the PowerSweep has been mostly pushed out of reef applications by…

AI Hydra makes worldwide debut at Reef Depot’s Aquarama booth

The AI Hydra just announced by AquaIllumination is real and is making a world premier at the Aquarama booth of Reef Depot in Singapore. The single black unit on display has the topside heatsink of an AI Sol and the…

Oval Cone Biopellet Reactor from Skimz is the logical progression of shapes

What do you do if you’ve got some oval base cones of acrylic lying around from your protein skimmer build? Well if you are Skimz of Singapore of course the obvious route is to build a conical biopellet reactor with…