Is Spa Flex Vacuum Tube Reef Safe?

[Salamander]

Is Spa Flex Vacuum Tube Reef Safe? I'm re-doing my sump/fuge and would like to use a more flexible tubing like this. Is it ok to use?

 

[Longchamp]

everyone uses it, so i guess so

 

[Salamander]

That's what I was hoping but I usually see people using the spa flex that's not vacuum hose. So I just want to be sure.

 

[DevilBoy]

it looks like the tubing that comes with some of the pre fabbed wet/dry filter systems. if it was me i would get the regular spa flex tubing to be 100 % safe

 

[Salamander]

Anyone else have any thoughts or experiences they can share?

 

[Salamander]

 

[chrismunn]

rt6 used that stuff on a drain and it leaked because he couldnt get it hooked to the bulkhead correctly.

how do you attach that kind of tubing to other fittings?

 

[Salamander]

I hope it doesn't leak but I haven't hooked it up yet. I'm not sure the best way to attach it. I was going to use hose clamps. Anyone else have ideas?

How about pics of a 1.25" spa flex that's good to use?

Thanks!

 

[jtma508]

Don't confuse spa-flex with vacuum tubing. Spa-flex welds just like regular PVC pipe and has the same external dimensions. Check the USA plastics website. They have all sorts of food-grade flexible tubing.

 

[chrismunn]

right, i thought spa-flex was flexible pvc, not ribbed vaccum tubing?

since its vaccum tubing its obviously rated for negative pressure from suction right, but what about the pressure from a pump? is it made for that?

 

[Salamander]

I got that stuff at HD. The box the roll was in said "Spa Flex Vacuum Tubing." It's rigid and holds it shape but it's very flexible.

 

[willper]

Spa Flex hose works just like pvc except you cannot leave it under pressure. As long as water is flowing through it everything is fine.

 

[Salamander]

Well maybe I don't want to risk using the above hose if no one knows if its safe.

Anyone have a picture of a good kind that Home Depot might carry that I can use?

Thanks