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turningtim

turningtim

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Not surprised its extruded. No worries it will work but is a bit brittle and you must be careful drilling holes in it. Is this 1/8" wall? Great deals......
I think I've bookmarked 3-4 from this thread! Thanks a bunch!
Tim
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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I'm going to make a DIY Ca reactor, recirc protein skimmer and phosphate reactor. :D :D
I think I'm going to go with all acrylic work. If it turns out, I'll post pics of all the steps.
Where did you get the acrylic tubing from?
 
forcrz6

forcrz6

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Originally Posted by TurningTim
http:///forum/post/2954193
Not surprised its extruded. No worries it will work but is a bit brittle and you must be careful drilling holes in it. Is this 1/8" wall? Great deals......
I think I've bookmarked 3-4 from this thread! Thanks a bunch!
Tim
Yea But I am not drilling in that. That is why I choose it. I will be drilling in the PVC
 
forcrz6

forcrz6

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33
http:///forum/post/2954221
I'm going to make a DIY Ca reactor, recirc protein skimmer and phosphate reactor. :D :D
I think I'm going to go with all acrylic work. If it turns out, I'll post pics of all the steps.
Where did you get the acrylic tubing from?
Ummm I can't say the website. So I will send you a PM with a direct link
 
forcrz6

forcrz6

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33
http:///forum/post/2954246
So, did you all figure out that you could use weld on #16 or not, connecting PVC to Acrylic? I'm curious now.
YES you can. I tried it out with a test piece. I then drilled a hole in each side. It is now holding up a 20lb Weight from a rack in my garage.
It took 3hrs to really fuse But it does work.
BTW It will not wipe up off of wood floors It leaves a stain. So I would advise do it in the garage.
 
forcrz6

forcrz6

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So I went to the hardware store. And now I had to revamp the whole situation. I now had to move up to a 4" PVC. Here is a Pics of the Parts. Its not clear but hey if I can get it to provide calcium.
So I will be creating a DIY on the CA reactor.
 
turningtim

turningtim

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Mine pc is still in the clamp. But I glued a pipe on a sheet of acrylic so I'll fill the pipe and see if it holds water. I'm sure it will....
 
forcrz6

forcrz6

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Originally Posted by TurningTim
http:///forum/post/2954469
Mine pc is still in the clamp. But I glued a pipe on a sheet of acrylic so I'll fill the pipe and see if it holds water. I'm sure it will....
Well the issue that I had was that the OD of the acrylic was 3 1/4 and not 3 1/2 so I could not fit it on to the PVC.

But oh well after I am done it should be nice.
 
turningtim

turningtim

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Bummer. Well in any case my test pcs are bomded and water tight. Haven't given a full force bust up. So we'll see.......
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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The only thing that I see wrong with this is that you can not replace your media every once in awhile. Why didn't you opt for a female or male adaptor on one end so you can scr-ew off the lid to get to the media?
 
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