Ok first for the WOOOO HOOOO....
The camera shop called today...the camera is fixed AND covered by warranty, which means I can go pick it up this evening when the wife gets off work. So that means more pictures than anyone here wants to see!!!! And just in time for the last coat of paint on the base of my stand. Now I have to get off my (insert horse like creature name here) and get to work on it..no excuses...and I can't just "tell" everyone its done and looks great now.
For the question.....I just went and bought all my plumbing (who would have thought 50 darn bucks!?) and I decided to use 3/4" braided tubing for my return (no elbo's). My 20g sump will be easily moved around and I wanted to make sure the return could be fiddled with also. So, I got 6' of this stuff, and its going to run from my mag 12 (I bought several of those couplings that convert from female threads to 3/4 inch tubing ridges) to a ball-valve...then to a "T" from the "T" to the main tank...the other side of the "T" will come out and hit another ball-valve and then to the fuge. I did the first valve so I could throttle back the big-ole mag 12 if I need to on this little single overflow, the second valve is to control how much water the fuge gets.....ok on to my question...
How do I make sure water isn't going to leak out at the hose fittings? I know its super super snug and probably won't leak...but should I use cable ties to tighten it up more? Is there some kind of glue to use on the hose? I would like to keep it so I can remove it if needed...but that isn't a "have to". Like I said it seems EXTREMLY snug and the tubing seems to "form" around the ridges on the tubing, but this mag 12's output per hour is telling me I better be safe than sorry.
Any help would be great.
Dave
The camera shop called today...the camera is fixed AND covered by warranty, which means I can go pick it up this evening when the wife gets off work. So that means more pictures than anyone here wants to see!!!! And just in time for the last coat of paint on the base of my stand. Now I have to get off my (insert horse like creature name here) and get to work on it..no excuses...and I can't just "tell" everyone its done and looks great now.
For the question.....I just went and bought all my plumbing (who would have thought 50 darn bucks!?) and I decided to use 3/4" braided tubing for my return (no elbo's). My 20g sump will be easily moved around and I wanted to make sure the return could be fiddled with also. So, I got 6' of this stuff, and its going to run from my mag 12 (I bought several of those couplings that convert from female threads to 3/4 inch tubing ridges) to a ball-valve...then to a "T" from the "T" to the main tank...the other side of the "T" will come out and hit another ball-valve and then to the fuge. I did the first valve so I could throttle back the big-ole mag 12 if I need to on this little single overflow, the second valve is to control how much water the fuge gets.....ok on to my question...
How do I make sure water isn't going to leak out at the hose fittings? I know its super super snug and probably won't leak...but should I use cable ties to tighten it up more? Is there some kind of glue to use on the hose? I would like to keep it so I can remove it if needed...but that isn't a "have to". Like I said it seems EXTREMLY snug and the tubing seems to "form" around the ridges on the tubing, but this mag 12's output per hour is telling me I better be safe than sorry.
Any help would be great.
Dave