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.

DerKroon FlowWolf water flow diverter takes the OceansMotions concept to 11

The FlowWolf from derKroon Mechanics is a digital flow diverter which functions redirect flow through its many outlets, wherever you need it. Like the OceansMotions of old, the derKroon FlowWolf has the drum, the motor and the multiple outlets pointing…

DerKroon Mechanics debuts a whole stable of innovative reef gear

DerKroon Mechanics is a new engineering and machining venture which has decided to pour a significant amount of time and design into completely novel devices. In addition to accessories and well made calcium reactors, we are particularly taken with derKroon’s…

Mitras Simu LED is all about delivering aquarium lighting effects

The GHL Mitras Simu LED stick is a thoughtfully named LED lighting products which is headed in a clear direction. Rather than trying to produce an LED fixture like the Mitras that does it all, GHL realizes that LEDs are…

Using measuring bottles to streamline frequent manual dosing

I have over ten tanks, mostly saltwater, reef and coral focused. You’d think that this type of setup would benefit from lots of automatic dosing I like to be more intimate with my aquarium’s water chemistry so besides automated top…

Aquatic Experience Chicago – a new aquarium event for the midwest

Aquatic Experience Chicago is a new show which will soon come to the heartland for their inaugural event. Produced by the World Pet Association, Aquatic Experience Chicago (AEC) hopes to bring and blend some of the better aspects of both…

Abyzz 100 is Venotec’s smallest hot rod water pump to date

The Abyzz 100 is one of the smallest full-on controllable DC water pumps we’ve yet seen for aquarium use. Packing in all the controllable features of the Abyzz 200 & 400 which are loosely named based on power rating, the…

The comprehensive visual recap of ReefStock 2013

ReefStock 2013 was such an overwhelming success that it’s taken us this long to get around to telling you all about it. In it’s sixth year ReefStock moved to a much larger venue, formerly a video arcade hall, and with two…

Desktop Nuvo 24 gallon sports a high ratio of filtration to display volume

The Nuvo 24 gallon desktop reef aquarium from Innovative Marine is an AIO with very special dimensions. Based on the Nuvo 16 gallon aquarium series, the Nuvo 24 gallon is a stretched out version thereof which ends up having a lot…

Lutjanus indicus and L. papuensis, two new snapper species that are actually attractive

Snappers aren’t very high on the aquarists’ list of must-have fish although many of them are truly attractive, including the two newly described species from the Indian Ocean. Lutjanus indicus and Lutjanus papuensis are two new species of snappers described by…

ETSS Evolution downdraft skimmer is a blast from the past

Back in the day, your skimmer was nothing if it wasn’t one of the powerful ETSS downdraft skimmer models. With their incredible water volume processing and avalanches of foamy, frothy air bubbles the high powered ETS Skimmer absolutely blew away…