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.

Wild Coral Shipments Have Resumed for at Least Few Months

So much has been happening regarding the export of Indonesian corals in the last few weeks that it has been challenging to make sense of it all. Immediately after Maricultured corals were greenlit for export, several shipments of wild corals…

Flameback Cherub Angelfish is a Captive Hybrid Cross from Nebraska!

The Flameback Cherubfish is a brand new captive breeding ‘first’ coming to us from the  exotic locale of Nebraska. On the one hand we’ve kinda seen a fish like this before, but on the other the Flameback Cherubfish is the really…

REEFlections Rock is an Attractive, Stackable Live Rock Replica

REEFlections Rock is a line of live rock replicas from Blue Ribbon, a company with an extensive and growing catalog of aquarium ornaments. Part of the Exotic Environments line, the REEFlections Rock is unlike any man made live rock in…

Reef Flare LED Light Coming Soon in Three Sizes

The Reef Flare is a new line of LED aquarium lights from Reef Factory that will be available in three sizes. The black box design with its top mounted heatsink and fan and the multicolor LED cluster doesn’t score any…

The Endurance of the LifeReef Venturi Protein Skimmer

Protein skimmers are one of the most effective forms of nutrient reduction in a saltwater aquarium, and one of the most unique pieces of equipment for a reef tank. They work by combining lots of fine air bubbles with aquarium…

The Joe Dirt Acro is one of Worldwide Corals’ Most Underrated SPS Corals

The Worldwide Corals Joe Dirt Acro is an elegant, delicately branching thin staghorn that has a hidden beauty that betrays its name. If someone gave you a frag of a kinda purplish tip staghorn with a basic nutty brown base…

Nuvo Encore Pro 20 – a New 2-in-1 Concept Aquarium from Innovative Marine

Innovative Marine is no stranger to testing the waters with true concept aquariums and seeing what sticks, and the Nuvo Encore Pro 20 is the latest in this trend. It’s been a few years since we saw some distinctive All…

A Closer Look at the Very Rare Linespot Triggerfish

The linespot trigerfish is a species of the beloved toothy reef fish that went from unobtainable to just ‘ultra rare’ in just a few short years. Our first encounter with Xanthichtys lineopunctatus was only a little over three years ago when…

Mystery Montipora from the Solomon Islands Defies Identification

One of the reasons we all love keeping, growing and collecting corals from tropical places is because they are a mystery, and their identification can be very hard to pin down. It’s precisely because of all this uncertainty that we’ve…

Join us Next Weekend, Feb 1st & 2nd for the Waterbox Family Reunion

Waterbox Aquariums has been a highly engaged member of the reef aquarium industry pretty much since they started slinging glass a couple of years ago. From attending a respectable amount of reef aquarium conferences to their lively weekly livestreams, Waterbox…