Rubber pipe connectors?

[drydock]

Hi,

I'm gonna preface this as asking if this is a good idea or not and then open it up to suggestions if someone has a better idea.

I bought a used 240 gallon with PVC 2" Drain and a 1.25" Return lines. To remove the tank from the original stand, there was some precision surgery with the reciprocating saw...

Now I am working on how to reconnect everything and I found a couple of rubber pipe connectors with the stainless steel band clamps around them that you tighten to fasten it in place. Sort of like this...



I'm a newbie, so let me know if this is a good idea or a bad one...

My other option is to entirely redo the return plumbing, which I would prefer to avoid. I could also find a glue in connector, but my logic was that if I had to cut this once, I may have to do it again. I'm not really that worried about the join leaking as it will be directly over my sump, but I have noticed that I don't see a lot of rubber gaskets in SW equipment (just an observation) and I was wondering if there was a specific reason for that.

Thanks,