Thanks for everybody's advice. I did all of the plumbing on the tank yesterday and it came out pretty good! I do have one extremely slow leak where one of the bulkheads meets the threaded adaptor on the outside of the tank. It looks like it is about a drop every couple of minutes. I am not ready to fully set up the tank yet so I am thinking of letting it dry and applying a little silicone to it.

Palmer

it's okay to use silicone tape or pipe dope, not good practice to place a bead of silicone sealant over a leak though.

Can you just go a little tighter on the connection?

Oh ok didn't realize the silicone would be a problem. I have tightened it down further a couple of times but still have a small bead of water forming. If the tank was up and running I think the salt alone would stop it over a little time. So pipe dope or silicone tape around the thread that goes into the bulkhead would be okay?

Palmer

Yep, you normally don't put threaded connections together without.

I used teflon tape on all the threaded connections. Guess I will just see if I can tighten down a little further I just dont want to break the bulkhead.

I ended up back it off applying another layer of tape re-tightening and now things are just fine. Wheww! nice to have that done!

Palmer

Good to hear! Thats the best way to do it.

I use A LOT of teflon tape when I do a threaded joint. If you have too much it will just smoosh itself out backwards.. and it will still seal well no problem.

Good luck with the new setup!

Cheers,

Chris