Evening all, setting up my new Fluval Siena 330 and think I may have made a stupid mistake. The tank has through tank connectors on the bottom to connect to the cannister filter. The bottom of that connector is a simple rigid hosetail.
The Fluval 407 came with a flexible hoses that have grey soft rubber connectors on each end to connect the cannister filter to the tank connector hosetails.
I thought that the flexible hoses were really too long as they were bending so badly that it even put a u-bend in the hose which I thought might have an impact on flow to and from the filter. So I cut one hoe to length before realising that the soft grey rubber connecters are fused on and will not come off, so I can't take the grey connector off and re-attach it to my cut end of flexible hose.
So I now have the cut flexible hose and the rigid hosetail to connect it to without the soft grey rubber connector.
Can I salvage this by warming the end of the flexible hose in hot water so that it slides over the hose tail and then use a standard hose clip to tighten the connection? Would this be water tight or do you think I need to replace the entire hose part that I cut in two?
Thanks for any help, it would be hugely appreciated.
The Fluval 407 came with a flexible hoses that have grey soft rubber connectors on each end to connect the cannister filter to the tank connector hosetails.
I thought that the flexible hoses were really too long as they were bending so badly that it even put a u-bend in the hose which I thought might have an impact on flow to and from the filter. So I cut one hoe to length before realising that the soft grey rubber connecters are fused on and will not come off, so I can't take the grey connector off and re-attach it to my cut end of flexible hose.
So I now have the cut flexible hose and the rigid hosetail to connect it to without the soft grey rubber connector.
Can I salvage this by warming the end of the flexible hose in hot water so that it slides over the hose tail and then use a standard hose clip to tighten the connection? Would this be water tight or do you think I need to replace the entire hose part that I cut in two?
Thanks for any help, it would be hugely appreciated.