MADPlug™ — Inspired by a Classic, Reinvented for the Modern Reefer In the reefing world, true innovation often starts with a spark — a clever idea, shared within a small circle of passionate reefers. The new MADPlug™ (Modular Advanced Dynamic Plug) system is one such evolution, and its roots go
How Tariffs Are Affecting Our Production Recent geopolitical and trade policy developments are creating significant disruptions across multiple industries—including aquarium gear and custom fabrication products. The return of Trump-era tariffs, coupled with China’s restriction on rare earth metal exports (especially magnets), is triggering a wave of uncertainty in global supply
Bigger isn’t better. There are discussions and claims aimed at non-photographic reef-keeping enthusiasts about using a 52mm lens over multiple cameras on a smartphone solely for convenience. This approach is not only erroneous, except when using just a color filter, but also results in less than stellar performance. Let’s
USPS Delivery Extreme Delays Across The Nation Current COVID-19 pandemic surge, shortage of staff, and unprecedented massive increases in Holidays packages volume caused USPS to experience a huge backlog on deliveries to most regions nationwide. Tracking status and delivery date is no longer reliable or guaranteed, and delivery time could
As of today (4/11/20) Oceanbox Designs® will be making medical face shields PPE to contribute to our health heroes facing a challenging battle during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a small family own business, a team of husband and wife, we are not equipped with man or machine power to make
12/09/20 UPDATE: USPS Delivery is extremely late in some areas due to COVID and HOLIDAYS VOLUME. Please consider this when ordering if TIMING is CRITIAL. 11/10/20 UPDATE: We’re now shipping 95% of orders within 5-10 days including backorders products unless otherwise noted. Some backorder items may take up to 2
Hooray!! Oceanbox Designs PICO-S 4.3G All-in-one Tank and AIO Insert Reef Conversion Kit were first featured on Reef Builders on March of 2016, one of the largest reef aquarium blog and product reviews site founded by Jake Adams. Taking a look back as this was when I first setting foot in the business, I
A sump provides all the filtration needs in a reef aquarium, usually be installed under the aquarium stand via PVC plumbing and overflow method. Custom acrylic sumps can be costly depending on the size and the amount of customization required, price can be ranging from $300 and up. In this quick