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07-19-2008, 03:11 PM
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| recovering overfeeder   | brass fittings Can you use brass fittings to connect the sump tubing to the pump in SW tank?? the guy at home depot seems to think that it "should be fine, brass is harmless" not sure of his knowledge. since it is home depot and they don't sell fish. thought I would check withthe pros. the outflow tubing is 1" ID and the pump outflow was 5/16th I think so I had to get a connector to use that pump. Will probably not get that one and order one with the correct fitting, but I was curious about the brass. thanks
__________________ Brenda  But it's a dry heat rushing is like throwing money in the ocean to feed the sharks Quote:
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07-19-2008, 03:23 PM
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| Fire Coral  | Re: brass fittings no its not safe and he is dead wrong. If it contacts ANY repeat ANY saltwater or make up ro water don't use anything but plastic/pvc (best), titanium, and maybe stainless steel but still not recommended. It will kill your invert/corals. Hope this helps.
__________________ New member of the 200+ club, have upgraded from 125 with 30 refugium, to a 215 reef with 125 sump/frag/refugium and 30 tall refugium. 370g system. And a separate 125g zebra moray tank  |
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07-19-2008, 03:41 PM
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| recovering overfeeder | Re: brass fittings That is what I thought. I was very suspecious of that. thanks.
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07-19-2008, 04:31 PM
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| Majano Slayer  | Re: brass fittings
__________________ Mark My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/ |
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07-19-2008, 04:47 PM
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| recovering overfeeder | Re: brass fittings WOW he was trying to talk me into using 3 brass cuplings for a 12.5 gal tank. would have been disasterous!!! See, definately pays to ask first. Score one for me!!! I wish the sales people would say, "ya know I am not sure, brass is made from zinc and copper" that right there would have answered my questions. thanks for the link, Mark
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07-19-2008, 05:56 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~   | Re: brass fittings home depot your last stop in reefing,,,,,,,cause they killed everything~
__________________ ~Welcome to my nightmare~ I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. *Disclaimer* i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ Quote:
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07-19-2008, 08:59 PM
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| recovering overfeeder | Re: brass fittings I didn't, that is why I checked here. He asked what it was for, when I was trying to find pvc fittings. If I would have thought that, my livestock would be dead, and my face plastered over the msn site. "woman hunts down Home Depot employee that gave bad advice"
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07-20-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Has been struck by the ban stick | Re: brass fittings They sell brass fittings to use with water softeners so how much could they know or care. Some sales people say that just using silicon tape is enough to seperate copper from galvanized or steel pipe. Right. Brass is the first hard metal developed by man. Copper, zinc and lead. Nothing in there is safe for a marine environment. It dates back all the way to the Bronze age around 3000 BC. It was initally made as a mistake while making bronze. Bronze is copper and zinc, but tin is often found with zinc. Brass is made with tin. It took over another 3000 years for the Germans to actually make brass on purpose, when they discovered how to seperate tin from zinc. Brass can be anywhere from about 45 to 95 percent copper. |
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