Soft or Hard ... Plumbing, not tacos

[Allmost]

Hello all,

So I am redoing my tank set up as I have moved ... and need some help.

the tank is going against a wall, and the sump is going to be in the room right behind the wall the tank is going against. I am planning to make a hole in the wall tonight, and pass the drain and return through the wall to the sump room .... there will be 2 x90 degree turns, from the bulkhead under the tank, a 90 degree turn to go through the wall[I have 10" there only from bulkhead to top of sump.], and then another 90 to go down into the sump. I am thinking hard plumbing would have less pressure on the bulkhead and the wall ?

my LFS sais with hard plumbing Id loose too much drainage flow on each 90 degree ?

help me decide please, I really dislike plumbing lol

 

[ridetheducati]

I hate tacos.

It does not matter which material is used; however, I do recommend that you use the material that you have the most experience cutting and gluing.

 

[Allmost]

thanks, but I think it would matter what material is used. at least thats the point of the thread I made.

one is hard plumbing and needs 90 degree turns, other is soft plumbing ... question is ... if soft plumbing is turning 90 degrees in 10 " ... would that apply too much pressure on the glass....

hard plumbing will apply 0 pressure, but seems like the con is loss of flow.

 

[HowieB]

I have a 120 display with a 30 gal sump. The sump is in the cabinet under the tank, and all other equipment, dosing pumps, 20 gal ATO tank, Reefkeeper, atc are behind the wall in a closet under the stairs. I used all flexible hoses for everything. The flex hoses are easier to move around and feed through the holes in the wall. I ended up with 2 holes. One for all the wires, and a second for the hoses. I'm thinking of adding a chiller next summer which might need a third hole or enlarge one of the others.