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.

New Species of Mysis Shrimp Discovered in an Aquarium

Mysis shrimp are so commonly just regarded as foodstuff for our aquarium fish we don’t often take the time and consider that they’re actually, you know, an important living organism. Sure you might catch sight of a little cloud of…

Illumagic Vitamini Striplight Review: More Color & Power for Less Money

The Vitamini LED Super Actinic Striplight by Illumagic is the first supplemental light of its kind that we’ve had the pleasure of writing about in far too long. This skinny new little light bar is packed with power, color, and…

Hands-on with the 128 Gallon Rimless Tank & Stand from Pro Clear Aquatic Systems

It’s hard to deny that the ‘saltwater fish’ aquarium hobby has almost completely transformed into the ‘coral reef’ aquarium hobby, with the majority of discussions being framed in the context of a REEF tank. This is mostly good with some…

RK2 Flexible Tank Adapter are a Modern Silicone Uniseal

RK2’s new flexible tank adapters are a welcome new refinement of one of our favorite plumbing accessories ever. If you’ve never heard of Uniseals, you’re sorely missing out on one of the greatest hacks of aquarium and aquaculture plumbing.  Most…

Crossing our Fingers for Kessil to Release the White A360X

I don’t think anyone was more excited to see a white version of Kessil’s A360X LED spotlight at MACNA than me. Every single aspect of the light’s performance, color spectrum, controls etc. is identical to the black one, but it…

Little Julian is a New Concept-Focused Aquarium from Two Little Fishies

The ‘Little’ is an interesting concept aquarium from Two Little Fishies which could only have been conceived by its founder Julian Sprung. Instead of appealing to the general demand for all in one aquarium designed to do it all, the…

Two New Species of Coral Banded Shrimp Relatives

Coral Banded Shrimp are some of the most common and great species of reef shrimp that you can put in a saltwater or reef aquarium. The most common species, the red & white Stenopus hispidus will be instantly recognizable to…

Red Sea ReefWave Pump Sneak Peek from ReefStock Australia

The Red Sea ReefWave was first introduced to the public over a year and a half ago and finally, it appears that the Reef Wave is approaching a real release date. At InterZoo 2018 Red Sea revealed a multipack of…

Blue Fireworks Scolymia Starts Blooming in Japan

Between the bleeding apples and warpaint scolies, the UFOs and the masters, there’s a lot of room for variability in the coloration and appearance of Australian scolies, Homophyllia australis. Whether they are solid green, solid red, shades of orange with irregular spotting…

ATI Straton LED Goes for the Sleek, Unibody Slab of Aluminum

The Straton LED by ATI is a sleek new high performance reef aquarium lighting fixture that is coming soon. The ATI Straton aims to be one of the most elegant reef aquarium lighting fixtures with no fans, no buttons, no…