znotch
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Hello everyone, I'd like to ask for some input from all the plumbing guru's here on this site:
I have begun plumbing my soon to be 180 gallon tank. The tank was purchased used, and most of the equipment that came with it will be reusable. I am unsure, however, on how to plumb the drain. Please see picture below; the drain is the middle barb.The drain consists of a 1 1/2" barb with was plumbed into the spa flex tubing. I personally do not care much for this type of tubing, it looks too brittle for my liking. I am thinking of picking up some flexible tubing to use instead of the spa flex.
My questions is: could the flexible pvc tubing slide into the barb? Could it be secured with a clamp or would pvc glue be necessary?
The barb is glued into the bulkhead, would it be best for me to just replace this bulkhead altogether with a slip bulkhead? The bulkhead has a beananimal overflow silencer thingy connected to it, if changing the bulkhead, would I be able to just cut this off and reglue it to a new bulkhead?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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I have begun plumbing my soon to be 180 gallon tank. The tank was purchased used, and most of the equipment that came with it will be reusable. I am unsure, however, on how to plumb the drain. Please see picture below; the drain is the middle barb.The drain consists of a 1 1/2" barb with was plumbed into the spa flex tubing. I personally do not care much for this type of tubing, it looks too brittle for my liking. I am thinking of picking up some flexible tubing to use instead of the spa flex.
My questions is: could the flexible pvc tubing slide into the barb? Could it be secured with a clamp or would pvc glue be necessary?
The barb is glued into the bulkhead, would it be best for me to just replace this bulkhead altogether with a slip bulkhead? The bulkhead has a beananimal overflow silencer thingy connected to it, if changing the bulkhead, would I be able to just cut this off and reglue it to a new bulkhead?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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