|
|
|
#2
07-27-2011, 03:35 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
Pvc is the better, more permanent, properly finished way to go. Flex will get the job done, and certainly has some advantages, as in you don't need to be precise with it... There's room for mistakes.
__________________
-Murdoch 160 gallon Reef, almost all SPS, a few LPS, small handfull of Zoas, and 5 clams. LOVING the upgrade (now that most of the work is done!) My tank Journal: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=75924 
|
|
#3
07-27-2011, 03:43 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I've used both and while flex pvc has its place I prefer the ridgid PVC pipe. My advice is to use lots of unions so you can remove plumbing, pumps, etc very easily when you have to. And make sure you leave enough room in your sump that you can pull the plug on the returm pump and the amount of water that flows from the DT to the sump until it stops on its own shouldn't over flow your sump.
|
|
#5
07-27-2011, 04:17 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I feel the opposite way
 ...... I use flex where ever I can......every 90 or 45 degree fitting, every union, every ball valve, every check valve is gonna cause a reduction in the flow in your return lines and a potential for things to get caught in your drain lines.... and as Brad said, if you have your return pump hard plumbed to a bulkhead , the constant vibration, over time, could fatigue the bulkhead hole, causing it to crack......never mind the Murphy's law factor of the potential to accidentally bump anything that is hard plumbed to a bulkhead and cause a crack in that way......
__________________
260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 Last edited by fishytime; 07-27-2011 at 04:22 AM.
|
Linear Mode
