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Sump - a saltwater aquarium sump is mainly used to hide equipment under the tank and a place to perform maintenance and dosing tasks without disturbing the display tank. It is great place to hide the biopellet reactor, protein skimmer, phosphate reactor, etc. The sump also increases the total water volume in the system.

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Old February 3rd, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Ok glue for tank plumbing-PVC?

I'm about to start getting supplies for the return plumbing from the sump. just wondering what kind of glue i can use that won't harm livestock?

Last edited by stiggy614; February 3rd, 2009 at 03:05 PM. Reason: misspelled
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Old February 3rd, 2009  
Fish Master
 
aquarium silicone or just regular GE window and door silicone is the only thing i'd be confident that wouldn't harm your fish, but i'm not very well versed in that sort of thing
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Old February 3rd, 2009  
Fish Addict
 
You can also use superglue, superglue gel is easy to use, it cures quick. This what i use, it won't harm fish once dry.
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Old February 4th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Plain old PVC glue will work fine. Use the purple primer and then orange glue and you should be good to go.

For silicone GE Silicone 1, NOT the GE Silicone 2 which has a mold resistant chemical that could be toxic to your tank.

You can use most any superglue for frags and stuff, and the gel glues with cyanoacrylate work the best.
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Old February 13th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Well, if its for plumbing that will be under high pressure, silicone and super glue gel are both out of the question unless you want your living room to turn into a swimming pool ;p. Use plain old PVC cement, either the regular dark blue, gray, or the light blue as long as you use a primer wit it.
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Old June 13th, 2009  
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i used clear pvc pipe glue and all my fish and corals are fine just give it 24hours to cure.
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