Plumbing help....

Milhouse

New member
OK so I need a little advice on plumbing my tank. I'm looking for some simple solutions. I purchased some hose barbs and 1" vinyl tubing for my return. I'm ok with that. I was thinking of using the same 1" tubing for my overflow. I have a glass-box overflow with a 1 1/2" bulkhead. I purchased an adapter and hose barb to use the 1" vinyl tubing with the overflow as well. I'm just a little nervous that I won't get enough water flowing through the vinyl tubing on the return. Am I over reacting? I really don't want to use PVC because I'm looking for something easy to change. I just want to make sure my flow will make the 1" tubing I'm using on my Oceanrunner 3500. Any other easy options I could try?
 
How would the tubing flowrate be any different from PVC? The flow should actually be better due to potentially avoiding sharp angles.

You already have the stuff, so why not try it and see what your flow is?
 
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