A River Runs Through It. pt. 1
- Shane
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I broke down the tank to move a couple weeks ago and have not set it back up.
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I don't know what it's like in Australia. The pipes shown in Shane's pictures are (I think) PVC pipes for water distribution used in the US. I don't know if those are available in Oz, but I guess you can get some sort of pipes in the right size and have a variety of joints.
In England, I know that you can get waste-water pipes in PVC, which should work just as well. It's not any enormous pressure you're working with, so as long as the pipes don't come apart from the pressure, you should be OK.
Go to your local hardware/plumbing shop and have a look.
Alternatively, you could try the local fish shop. I have seen some companies selling plumbing for aquariums, but at three to five times the cost of local plumbing shop...![Sad :-(](./images/smilies/icon/sad.gif)
By the way, you should definitely not use copper pipes. They could poision some sorts of aquatic life, including fish(snails and other invertebrates are the first to go).
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Mats
In England, I know that you can get waste-water pipes in PVC, which should work just as well. It's not any enormous pressure you're working with, so as long as the pipes don't come apart from the pressure, you should be OK.
Go to your local hardware/plumbing shop and have a look.
Alternatively, you could try the local fish shop. I have seen some companies selling plumbing for aquariums, but at three to five times the cost of local plumbing shop...
![Sad :-(](./images/smilies/icon/sad.gif)
By the way, you should definitely not use copper pipes. They could poision some sorts of aquatic life, including fish(snails and other invertebrates are the first to go).
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Mats
- Shane
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As Mats pointed out, it is just regular PVC available at any Home Depot or hardware store in the Americas. The amount of pressure is so small that it is not a factor. Now the pressure in my leaky RO set up is another plumbing problem...
-Shane
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- Shane
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Teflon tape aka RO system Band-Aid. Love that stuff.
-Shane
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"My journey is at an end and the tale is told. The reader who has followed so faithfully and so far, they have the right to ask, what do I bring back? It can be summed up in three words. Concentrate upon Uganda."
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