Slip Bulkheads

[extreme_tooth_decay]

Seems watertight without cement...I'd like to keep my options open...

 

Do you all cement yours?

 

tim

[davelin315]

Use some solvent. The last thing you want to do is have it slip out. I've been skirting danger with a bulkhead that simply has a pipe jammed in there going from my frag tray to another sump... I'm always afraid. That, and it'll probably leak a bit at some point in time or at least develop some salt creep. If you want, you could try and use a pressure coupling and take the ends off to get it to stay together. This should give you a water tight fit, but I'm not sure that you could fit one of those on there.

[dschflier]

If you dont mind a second fish tank on the floor, then I would consider not cementing it. Slip fittings are designed to be cemented. Put some all the way around the PVC pipe and some in the fitting were you will be connecting it. Push it in, and at the same time turn about a 1/4 turn. Hold it for about 30 seconds and you will be fine.

 

If the fitting does not have water preasure going through it as in a drain fitting you could consider a threaded fitting and use teflon tape but for the $5 or $6 dollars that a fitting costs I wouldn't recomend that.

 

If you dont cement it you are asking for trouble.

[emissary]

It depends on the setup, eh? Any fittings outside of water I cement. I have a U (actually a 1" PVC and 90 degree elbow) jammed into the slip end of a bulkhead in my frag tank.

 

Worst case scenario for me in this case: water level in frag tank drops to lower than it should be. Oh well!

[dschflier]

Good point. I agree with emissary

[jason the filter freak]

glue it.... trust me

[txaggies07]

better safe than have a pile of water on the floor.