Silicone lines improve flow and reduce detritus in fluval canister

Devin

@DHood10 · 16 hours ago

I love fluval but I absolutely hate their lines. Every time you even bump a line, it pumps a bunch of detritus into your tank. Got tired of it. Went to silicon. flow is so much better

Tank Build #flow #plumbing

Comments

@AzureCow47 14h

🔧💪🌊

@Rtrinidad85 9h

Detritus from the ridges on the line? Does it make much difference flow wise?

@DHood10 9h

Pretty much. Doesn't really affect anything but it agitates the corals in the tank when it touches them. And I would say the smooth wall helps the flow quite a bit

@Rtrinidad85 9h

Interesting… I might have to give that a shot.

@DHood10 9h

It was only like $22 for the tubing so at least it doesn't break the bank. If you have an FX2, it's 1-in ID

@Rtrinidad85 8h

I run 2 Fx6’s but sure it would be around the same price. Do you like the look of the tube in the tank?

@DHood10 8h

I kept the flex line about 12 in Long so I could still use the rim connector that fluvall provides. I just used some Barb connectors and pipe clamps to put it together but the lines do look cleaner having them clear rather than black. They're less noticeable