Bulkheads : PVC or ABS?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by WWWD

If it is ABS they are not rated for potable water, you should be using PVC fittings for aquariums.

weird- Albert, care the chime in?

[WWWD]

BTW there are such things as black PVC fittings.

[Dale]

ABS fittings can be used in aquariums. they are not rated for potable water applications because most ABS is cell cast and is not designed to withstand the high pressures used in potable water applications (sched.40, sched.80 etc...). Our aquariums don't acheive those kind of pressures however.

[WWWD]

I am using a ABS street el in a durso because at the time I couldn't locate a PVC one. The algae always is very heavy on the ABS and minimal on the PVC, makes me wonder why.

[Canadbis]

I got mine from Albert as well and I believe he said they were PVC.

[Glennrf38]

Very true, but as a general rule this holds true.

Originally Posted by WWWD

BTW there are such things as black PVC fittings.