Pies Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 While I am in the middle of setting up my 2nd reef tank, I am also trying to tidy up some of my existing tank and plumbing. A lot of this is long over due, and I want to get it all sorted before I go to Fiji for 2 weeks in a month or so. What I have discovered is 19mm BLACK plastic tube from any garden centre or Mitre 10. I brought a roll of this pipe for $15.00 for 20M! Life time supply! Now I use a bit of 20mm plumbing about the tank and have found this 'new' 19mm to be perfect. Elbows and Ts are about $2ea and easily available. Also taps for about $7. I am using this piping to fill my tank from the sump, to plumb in the new tank, and in a few other places. The advantages I have seen are that its BLACK, which means no light in there, which means its stays cleaner than the CLEAR PVC I was using. Also because its far more ridgid it doesn't get flattened like the PVC pipe tends too. Although pressure piping is the ULTIMATE for sure, its expensive, espeically for temp setups or changing setups like mine. Also the slip bayonet for 20mm are only $5.00 and fit into Ehiem 1060/62 pumps, which makes attaching it easy. It also slips over the outside of 15mm pressure piping very snugly, and with a dremal and cable tidy you can make a sure fire never slip fit. After chaning mine today I have noticed that my return pump is firing through HEAPS more water. My pipes were prolly a little gunked, and there were a few places where the PVC had flattened a little, none of this is a problem now! Very happy with the way this has gone and reccomended to anyone doing what I am doing. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 cool...........18 views wow wheres all the nosy buggers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 are you sure the stuff is not toxic in saltwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 I use NSW so don't really care about the contents of the tank anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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