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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.

Kamoer KH Carer is a New Automatic Alkalinity Tester

The KH Carer is a brand new automatic water testing machine for measuring alkalinity from the team over at Kamoer. There are a lot of alkalinity testers in the aquarium hobby these days but Kamoer isn’t just another new entry…

The Rarest Color of ‘Tongue Coral’ We’ve Ever Seen

The mushroom corals of the Fungiidae family are some of the most unique and distinctive corals in the world. Ranging from tiny circular solitary Cycloseris to the largest free living colonies the mushroom corals are wildly popular species in the reef…

Unscripted Aquarium Review – More Useful than we Thought

The Unscripted Aquarium is a very interesting device which has some very significant potential for use in aquarium husbandry. Our first hurdle regarding the Unscripted Aquarium is a communication challenge since the company has basically a nonexistent marketing department or…

ARKA myAQUA 1900 Review – A Mix of Performance and Convenience

The myAQUA 1900 is a new streamlined version of an all-in-one reverse osmosis unit for high level purification of water for aquarium use. Branded by ARKA Aquatics the Chinese made myAQUA 1900 promises a high rate of water production with…

Waikiki’s Iconic Giant Clam Gone to Reef Tank in the Sky

It was ten years ago that we had the pleasure of celebrating the 30th anniversary of a world famous mollusk, the Waikiki Aquarium’s very large and very old Tridacna gigas giant clam. Alas, here we are a decade later and while…

Nyos Opus G2 440 Aquarium Gets Announced

The Nyos Opus G2 440 is a new size of the German company’s uniquely engineered all-in-one aquarium which turns heads wherever it goes. One of the reasons that the Nyos Opus aquariums attract so much attention is the very modern…

Our New 40 Breeder Sump Setup is Affordable & Awesome [Video]

We love fancy sumps as much as the next reefer, especially ones which are well engineered to really improve the filtration performance and the user experience of powering a reef tank. Unfortunately most designer sumps usually incorporate a ton of…

The Challenge With Grafted/Protein Infected Corals

The reef aquarium hobby has always had some degree of obsession with any new or unique coral strains and varieties. It’s therefore no surprise that when reefers first started discovering irregular patches of color in SPS corals like Acros and…

Keeping Corals is EASY, it’s the REEF Part that’s Hard!

If you start a new hobby such as learning an instrument or learning to SCUBA dive, you don’t start by learning rad guitar solos or diving as deep as you want, you have to start slow – walk before you…

The Next Fire Zoanthid will Probably Come from PNG

Zoanthids are some of the most popular and collectible ‘corals’ in the reef aquarium hobby and there seems to be practically no end to their colors and patterns. Part of the reason for this endless parade of new Zoanthus and Protopalythoa varieties…