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I have been looking for Clear PVC pipe for some time now with no success. I found Harvel on the internet that makes the stuff, but they won't sell to me, only to contractors. What I am looking to do is make a water bridge between two tanks. This isn't going to be drilled into the glass, but rather go above the tanks. Any idea's where I might pick up a 4 foot section and 2 right angle connections?
 
unless someone knows who sells it you're probably going to have to befriend a "contractor" who will buy a minimum quantity on your behalf and sell it to you. Then sell the rest in standard lenghts of several feet enough to fit in fedex mailer tubes and small boxes etc to fish ppl online
 
gonna be hard to find, you might have to resort to acrylic and pay a little more money.
 
I bought my clear acrylic tubing from- http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/default.asp
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&category_name=21315&Page=1
They sell it in 6 ft sections only.

I bought the Acrylic Extruded Tubing, Heavy Duty, 3 1/2" OD x 3" ID. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pr...SPlastic&category_name=21315&product_id=11263



Clear PVC Elbows are here, but they are extremely expensive-
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&category_name=54&Page=1

I just used the regular white 3.5" pvc elbows found at my local hardware store.



My favorite water-bridges are custom built from 3/8" acrylic sheet , like this one I made-
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I used 3/8" cell cast acrylic, which I bought from Delvies Plastics-
http://www.delviesplastics.com/ACRYLIC SHEET.htm

I've ordered acrylic from Delvies a few times. They do a great job in cutting the acrylic to size. Also they use a cutting blade that leaves minimal saw marks on the edges, so you don't need to prep the acrylic with a router or anything else. I use Weld-on #4 Solvent Cement to bond the acrylic together. It takes a little practice to learn how to apply the solvent, but once you get it down you can build just about anything. Tanks, sumps, and massive water-bridges.

If you need more help, feel free to ask. I've built 6 water-bridges so far for my tanks and will be building another one from acrylic sheet very soon.
 
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blitzen25bm said:
gonna be hard to find, you might have to resort to acrylic and pay a little more money.
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Less money. Acrylic tubing is far less expensive than clear PVC.
 
Ouch, that is expensive pipe. 25 dollars a foot. That would be a 100 dollars for one piece. I have to think that there is still a cheaper alternitive out there. Maybe I need to talk to some contractors and see what they can do for me. Also, thanks for acrylic idea's. They look great, but I really want a round tube; I guess I am just picky.
 
musky48in said:
Also, thanks for acrylic idea's. They look great, but I really want a round tube; I guess I am just picky.
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You can get acrylic tubing. Thats what I was talking about. Its significantly cheaper than clear PVC. The only real downside is that it does not bond all that well to PVC, so it wouldnt work under high pressures. But you can make a pretty good bond bewteen the two with something like weld-on #40, or even silicone.
 
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