I would much rather hard plumb than so hose. I was told to clue the fittings tho so I guess im stuck going with soft plumbing:cry:

the 1/2" PVC joints are all cemented/glued except for the sockets that go into the reactors unions. Those pieces are just wrapped with a bit of Teflon tape and shoved in for a snug fit. It is just like the barbbed fittin that it comes with , those aren't glued, they just sit in the socket. :)

I glued tho barbed peices in to the unioin peice:neutral:

I think I was the one that said to glue the fittings, if so I apologize if it was bad advice; however, this is the way I did it as mine is running externally, I would not trust Teflon if ran outside the sump. For internal Teflon could work.

Ian

You bring up a good point about this reactor, something I wonderEd about myself. How many people glued that piece in?? I too found it strange at first that vertex didn't just have that piece glued from the factory. I decided in the end that if they didn't have it glued then I guess it was snug enough and didn't need glueing. So long as you are not putting preassure in the reactor by valving and blocking the output then I would guess you should be okay.. But that's just a guess and a gamble that I think a lot of people are taking.

I will be running external also. I went to HD in south surrey with the barbed fitting and couldnt find any hose the would fit properly. Ill try another couple of places to see what I can find

Didn't glue mine but I run all reactors in sump so I don't have to worry about it.

I ran mine for 3 months out of sump without gluing and didn't have so much as a drop if water from it. :noidea:

hmmm I have to go to corix tommorow for a work pick up so ill see if the have anything I could use