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.

Neostat electronic aquarium thermostat has fine temperature control

If you liked the Cobalt Aquatics Neotherm but already have your own heating equipment, or you need a lot more power, then you are going to love the Neostat. Built from the same basic components as the Neotherm, the Neostat…

Cobalt Aquatics brings probiotic fish food to the mainstream

Probiotic fish food is something that we and our peers have dreamed about since the late nineties. Cobalt Aquatics has dabbled in probiotic fish food before but now they are going all in with probiotics in an expansive line of…

Peppermint & Narcosis angelfish together in one aquarium

Is there anything more captivating than seeing a peppermint angelfish and a narcosis angelfish together in one tank? That’s a trick question because if you answered yes, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn that a recent video from Blue Harbor reveals a…

Short clip shows the super calm skimming of the JNS ConeS

IF lack of turbulence is the name of the game for efficient protein skimming, once enough air has been injected of course, then the JNS ConeS might be on to something with its inception-like cone within a cone. We were…

RLSS DB12i skimmer uses a Waveline DC10 and reinforced needle wheel

The RLSS DB12i is the second protein skimmer model from Reef Life Support Systems which uses the ingenious open-volute needle wheel design. Following up on the RLSS DB10i, the DB12i uses the larger controllable Waveline DC10,000 that draws up to…

Reef Pest Solutions ‘All Out’ is gunning for the eggs of undesirable critters

Reef Pest Solutions is an enterprise with a product that has a single mission: to eliminate all unwanted life trying to hitch a ride with our precious corals. Coral dips have gotten much better since we simply used diluted Lugol’s iodine…

An extraordinary close look at the reef life of Alor and Flores

When we started watching this video we thought we were watching just another kinda nice underwater dive video but the footage turned exceptional, pretty quickly. In lieu of broad sweeping panoramic video of the entire reef, this video from Undersea…

Pair of rare yellow blue-spot jawfish appear at Sea Dwelling Creatures

Yellow blue-spot jawfish are real and although we’ve seen one before, we didn’t realize they were a thing until SDC got some in. Exactly two small juveniles of the blue-spot jawfish arrived at Sea Dwelling Creatures originating from Mexico with…

NeoFlow pump by Cobalt Aquatics is DC adjustable

The NeoFlow water pump from Cobalt Aquatics is an exciting new pump which is poised to grow the grow the options for flowing up our reef tanks. We’re not even at Global Pet Expo but we have managed to eek out…

Thrive Water Lab is set to revolutionize water testing at the LFS

Thrive Water Lab is a water testing kiosk from Thrive Aquatics which is the answer to the prayers of LFS employees all over the world. The concept of the Thrive Water Lab is almost too good to be true; customer…