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.

Induction lamps already available in two colors, 50/50 lamps probably not far behind

Bispectrum and Bichromatic induction lamps are already available in the tubular and circular form factor of the electrodeless fluorescent lighting technology. Like the twin tubes of the power compact smart lights and 50/50 lamps which we’ve seen in every combination…

Gramma dejongi nano reef video

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43fDOwy85g[/youtube] Even if it is only 30 seconds long, this Gramma dejongi video gives a clear profile view of this Cuban endemic reef fish. Just a couple weeks ago we shared a video of a pair of Gramma…

Fishneedit LED fixture an affordable combination of multichip and high output LED

The Fishneedit LED reef light is one of the most affordable combinations of multichip and high output LEDs that we’ve seen come to market lately. The $549 list price of the Fishneedit LED makes it comparable to the Blue Moon…

Reloaded Cardiff Aquarium loses the hair-dryer pendant, looks way better in the process

[vimeo width=”600″ height=”350″]http://vimeo.com/21457536[/vimeo] The Reloaded Cardiff is a minor re-imagining of the only commercially available ‘bullnose’ aquarium in North America which is now fitted with flush LED lighting. Unfortunately, the original Cardiff was equipped with ginormous metal globe of a…

PNWMAS bonus 3 for 1 meeting this weekend!

What started as a simple monthly marine aquarium club meeting has somehow snowballed into a mini-event.  This Sunday, the Pacific Northwest Marine Aquarium Society will be hosting ReefBuilder’s own Matt Pedersen for an extended 2 talk meeting, including “Marine Fish…

Tiger Angelfish

Apolemichthys kingi. Tiger Angelfish. Poisson-ange tigre. Tiger Kaiserfische. Tigre pez ángel. Tiger maanvissen. Tigre peixe-anjo. Taiga enjerufisshu. No matter what you call it, there’s no denying the unbelievable beauty of the Tiger Angelfish. [youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9SZR-vnpo[/youtube]

Induction lamp demonstration video from Inda-grow

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W135tcQOGOQ[/youtube] If today’s post on induction lamps got you excited about the next generation of fluorescent lighting, here’s a little more to keep you going. This demonstration video of induction lamps work is from a company called Inda-Grow,…

Induction lamps bring more intensity and longevity to fluorescent lighting

Induction lamps are nothing new; the technology has been around since the early nineties but only in recent months have seen real usable components becoming available to pioneering light companies. Induction lamps come in a bulb and in circular form…

Next gen Panorama LED modules include a remote-controlled RGB flavor

The RGB Panorama LED module that will populate the next generation Panorama fixtures from Ecoxotic is so freaking sweet; it will be much thinner and the RGB LED version will be controllable via an included remote. RGB LEDs are a…

Old Woman angelfish is the rarest but least colorful Pomacanthus

The Old Woman anglefish, Pomacanthus rhomboides, is a rare and unusual species of large marine angelfish. Whereas nearly all angelfish are extremely colorful, especially in the Pomacanthus genus, the drab old woman angelfish is really the odd species out. The…