Plumbing

I need to make some siphons and discharges for two pumps I bought. Regular PVC
is white and looks a bit gaudy. ABS is black and hides well, but I haven't found
small stuff (1/2"). I also don't know how safe it is for marine tanks. The best
stuff available seems to be the grey schedule 80 PVC. Any other ideas? I'm in
the U.S.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

something that I have thought about using is clear acrylic tubing. I
was looking at clear PVC, but it is very expensive. Clear acrylic does
not have the strength of the clear pvc, but it has som pretty neat
applications (fish bridge!). Just a thought...

Oh yeah, I have started reading some of these posts. I am freshwater
guy for the time being and spend most time reading and posting in "the
freshwater aquarium" group.


George Patterson wrote:
I need to make some siphons and discharges for two pumps I bought. Regular PVC
is white and looks a bit gaudy. ABS is black and hides well, but I haven't found
small stuff (1/2"). I also don't know how safe it is for marine tanks. The best
stuff available seems to be the grey schedule 80 PVC. Any other ideas? I'm in
the U.S.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

It should be safe. ABS is Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
It's not as resilient as pvc, but would not be toxic.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



George Patterson wrote on 9/12/2006 10:53 PM:
I need to make some siphons and discharges for two pumps I bought.
Regular PVC is white and looks a bit gaudy. ABS is black and hides well,
but I haven't found small stuff (1/2"). I also don't know how safe it is
for marine tanks. The best stuff available seems to be the grey schedule
80 PVC. Any other ideas? I'm in the U.S.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

wrote:
something that I have thought about using is clear acrylic tubing. I
was looking at clear PVC, but it is very expensive. Clear acrylic does
not have the strength of the clear pvc, but it has som pretty neat
applications (fish bridge!). Just a thought...

I didn't find the fittings I want in acrylic, but thanks for the mention of
clear PVC. Looks like I can get what I want in that.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Wayne Sallee wrote:
It should be safe. ABS is Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene It's not as
resilient as pvc, but would not be toxic.

After further checking, I've been unable to find anything smaller than 1.25" in
ABS. That eliminates it for me. Thanks for the info.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

OK, I'm the one who is always going to have weird ideas so here's what I've
been thinking. Coat the PVC in silicon and roll it in crushed coral,
position some live rock and maybe it will somewhat blend in. Please offer
suggestions.

Frank in FL


"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I need to make some siphons and discharges for two pumps I bought. Regular
PVC is white and looks a bit gaudy. ABS is black and hides well, but I
haven't found small stuff (1/2"). I also don't know how safe it is for
marine tanks. The best stuff available seems to be the grey schedule 80
PVC. Any other ideas? I'm in the U.S.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Frank wrote:
OK, I'm the one who is always going to have weird ideas so here's what I've
been thinking. Coat the PVC in silicon and roll it in crushed coral,
position some live rock and maybe it will somewhat blend in.

Not bad. It's a shame that I just tossed the last of my crushed coral substrate.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Ok, here is a sugestion :
http://waynesallee.com/makereefcementtank.htm

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Frank wrote on 9/14/2006 10:28 PM:
OK, I'm the one who is always going to have weird ideas so here's what I've
been thinking. Coat the PVC in silicon and roll it in crushed coral,
position some live rock and maybe it will somewhat blend in. Please offer
suggestions.

Frank in FL


"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:VoKNg.1816$FS.336@trnddc04...
I need to make some siphons and discharges for two pumps I bought. Regular
PVC is white and looks a bit gaudy. ABS is black and hides well, but I
haven't found small stuff (1/2"). I also don't know how safe it is for
marine tanks. The best stuff available seems to be the grey schedule 80
PVC. Any other ideas? I'm in the U.S.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.