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.

AquaticLife ES LED light grows in size and shrinks in price

The AquaticLife Expert Series (ES) LED fixture arrived on the aquarium lighting scene to a crowded market used to very competitive pricing. The AquaticLife ES LED is packed with great features and components but its initial $750 launch price really…

Marineland Frameless Cube Aquariums are now the norm for UPG

The Marineland Frameless Cube Aquariums are a new line of aquariums from United Pet Group which will satisfy the most modern of aquarium taste. Coming in a 25, 45, 60 and 93 gallon volume, Marineland’s Frameless Cube series of aquariums…

RoboSnail is finally coming to market, shipping next week

The RoboSnail has been known about, teased and flaunted for so long there was a definite chance that this intriguing device could become vaporware. This is no longer the case as we learned from AquaGenesis that the RoboSnail is landing…

Lake Erie Frag Fest happening this Saturday in Strongsville Ohio

Lake Erie Advanced Reefers are getting down with their bad self this weekend with their annual frag swap. Located in Strongsville Ohio, the Lake Erie Frag Fest is the second year that the Lake Erie Advanced Reefers (LEAR) have held the…

Starga LED is a 4yr old strip light with an equally dated price

Starga LED is a 13 watt striplight from HelloLights.com wich they are pitching as a “new”. Imagine our chagrin when upon close inspection it appeared that the Starga LED is all but identical to the original Ecoxotic Panorama LED (pictured…

Kraken reactor is Avast Marine’s private reserve specially designed for biopellets

The Kraken is the latest top shelf product from Avast Marine to be part of the exclusive Captain’s Reserve line. Especially made for biopellet use, the Kraken reactor is made of smoked acrylic to prevent the penetration of bacteria-retarding light.…

Checkered cardinalfish, Apogon margaritophorus joins the long list of captive bred fish

Apogon margaritophorus is a cardinalfish by many names; the checkered cardinalfish, ochre-striped cardinal, the margarita cardinalfish and now you can also call them captive-bred. Sustainable Aquatics just announced the release of their captive bred specimens of the checkered cardinalfish which…

MiniMax All-in-One Media Reactor from Innovative Marine

The MiniMax All-in-One media reactor is the first product from Innovative Marine which truly lives up to the company name. The MiniMax is both an All-in-One media reactor and a media reactor for All-in-One tanks like the Nuvo series with…

Aquatic Life Power Deluxe reverse osmosis: the very long review

The Aquatic Life Power Deluxe Reverse Osmosis unit has been available for nearly four years and I have been using one for the better part of that time. I’ve been using the automated water purification device for so long I…

The country’s hottest coral vendors will be in force at ReefStock 2013

If you are as excited about ReefStock as we are, allow us to stoke the fire a bit more by introducing the amazing list of coral dealers coming to Denver in a couple of weeks. Short of MACNA or Reefapalooza,…