MikeWs Fish Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hey guys, I goit my sump system going today and noticed a few leaks where its siliconed and not plumbing glued. all the tanks are full and dont wanna have to empty them all again. The plumbing does not leak when the submercable pump if off. Can I simply glue what needs to be glued, or will i poison the fish? Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZ Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I'd avoid running water through any of the glued joints until the glue has fully cured. I dont know if this is the correct answer, but it's what i would do because i'm a fairly cautious fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannat Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 hard to see what you describe.do you mean the return pipe from the pump?could you replace it with flexible hose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 its all the connections on the return pipe and the outflow pipes aas well as a few other places. It really needs some plumbing glue. I can glue it with no water running but will there be any toxins that will kill the littleuns? All the tanks will be full but no moving water exept for internal filters that i used to cycle the system before graduating onto the sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WAZ Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hi Mike You will need to glue the PVC fittings together for a permenant fix. The internal sections of the fittings and the external section of pipe that goes into the fitting will need to be cleaned with a PVC cleaning fluid (pink in colour), dries immediately. This is to kill the glaze and dirt/skum from the pipe and fittings, during manafacture, and give the glue a clean surface to adhere to. Then paint onto the internal section of the fittings, and the external section of the pipe (over the pink cleaner) the BLUE coloured PVC glue. Make sure you push the pipe completely into the fitting, to get maximum strength of the joint. You have approx 20 seconds before the glued joint is permenant. You can then run water through this joint straight away, and no, there is no risk to your fish, unless you use copious quantities of glue and cleaner. I say to use the BLUE glue because this goes off immediately, if you use the GREEN glue, this takes 24 hours to set completely. Good luck with it. HTH WAZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Gee MIKE, Hate to be the one who points out that I suggested that in the first place Yea mate, as WAZ says (he's the plamber after all), blue PVC glue all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatoscarlover Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Yeah go the blue stuff, both types "say" to leave for 24 hours for it to cure but most plumbers will tell ya within a few hours your ok, and there on pipes we drink out of so i cant see it causing the fish any harm. Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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