On the scrounge!

[Essex-Andy]

Hello all,

Just got the connector adaptor for my rena smart heater but I need an off cut of proper aquarium 16mm hose.

At the mo I'm using an off cut of food grade rubber hose but its bright yellow and sticks out like a sore thumb.

I'm blatantly begging for a 3" length of clear 16mm hose. Would be very wasteful to buy 1m for just 3".

Please pm me and I'll paypal postage and the price of a pint.

Thanks in advance,

Andy.

Apologies if this 'begging thread' should be in the wanted bit.

Thanks in advance,

Andy.

[Martin S]

Hi Andy
I'm sure I have some - pm me your address and I'll post it off to you tomorrow.
As an aside, I didn't get on with the adapter, and just reverted to cutting the inlet short.
Cheers
Martin

[Essex-Andy]

I have a tetratec ex600 filter. I'm using a hose joiner to join the 12mm tetra hose to 16mm rena fittings. Just looks a bit pants with bright yellow hose.

Much appreciate your help.

Thanks!!!

PM sent

[Martin S]

Is the inlet for the tetratec hard 12mm? If you look down the heater from above, it takes 16mm at the top and 12mm lower - I just cut the hard pipe so I had about 6" straight past the bend and that goes down into the heater. I kept finding air got into the system using the adapter, hopefully you won't get the same problem.
Cheers
Martin

[Martin S]

No PM arrived yet...

[Essex-Andy]

Ok just tried again

[Essex-Andy]

Is the inlet for the tetratec hard 12mm? If you look down the heater from above, it takes 16mm at the top and 12mm lower - I just cut the hard pipe so I had about 6" straight past the bend and that goes down into the heater. I kept finding air got into the system using the adapter, hopefully you won't get the same problem.
Cheers
Martin

No air present..well not yet.

I bought the filter slightly used for £30. The inlet down pipe got mangled by my 5 year old son!

[MatsP]

You can always use the Eheim in/out pipes if you need spares (as most shops carry Eheim, but not TetraTec) - there are 12 or 16mm Eheim pipes available.

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Mats

[Essex-Andy]

Many thanks Martin!

Just got home to find a jiffy package with two bits of hose.

Thank you very much!

How do I 'rate' or give some one a thumbs up for helping out? A lot of forums you can click on an icon to do that. On here its called gratitude but I cant find how to?

[MatsP]

The "thanks" feature is in the works. Jools tried to install it a few days back, but it broke things pretty badly (users couldn't log in, which is about as bad as it gets). So expect it to be a few more days.

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Mats

[Essex-Andy]

Thanks for the update.