under water glue

[danbedfordshire]

hi all, im making a little project, a 13" piece of thin plastic tube sealed at one end and a piece of air line pipe going in the other end attatched to a air pump, then i will drill a line of small holes along it, hopefully creating a line of bubbles and then i will hide it behind a wall of rocks in my tank, one think i need to ask is: at the end im sealing i want to use a glue type sealent arond the bung im using, is there any no no's to what stuff ic an and cant use in my tank, so i dont affect the fish?
tha nks

 

[The-Wolf]

you need to use aquarium sealer, any lfs should carry it in stock.

 

[pnyklr3]

I agree! I have used aquarium sealant for much more than sealing. I have hear of people using GE Silicone II, but I haven't found it (also didn't look very hard,lol). If it says "not for use in aquarium" or "do not submerge" then it won't work. I have just played it safe and used the stuff at the lfs. I'm sure GE would be cheaper though...

 

[KentBlokey]

Don't think i'm taking the pis* when I say....You can buy airstones for what you want!

 

[WILDER]

Problem with tubing it soon get clogged up, you might not what to seal it
so you can clean it now and then.

 

[danbedfordshire]

no ur not taking the pis* at all kent bloke, i hav seen the long air stones in the shops, but i thought, hey what the heck,make something! not only that, the air stones tend to give a fizzing kinda effect, as im hoping my idea will be more kinda bubbles if u get what i mean! It probaly wont work anyway lol....

also i wont seal it both ends as the end with the air line going in is a cone shaped bung thingy so i can just pull it out and clean it with a thin pipe brush...

thanks again

dan.

 

[a.i.m]

So your making a bong or a pipe??
bongs make big bubbles, but the air line does'nt go in the cone.
guess wha does

 

[Munch]

So your making a bong or a pipe??
bongs make big bubbles, but the air line does'nt go in the cone.
guess wha does

Cool post a.i.m

 

[danbedfordshire]

pipe,pipe,pipe,pipe ...... iiiiiiii for real......

 

[Paul_MTS]

i made a big circle of a "airstone" when i cleaned out my pond and needed something of good size to aerate the holding tank.

I got a large peice of tube joined it with a connector to make ahte ring then got a airline joiner bit and cut a hole in the tube for this to fit tightly in (no glue).

I did 1 of the inlets at either side then pierced a load of holes around. First I did thewm with a pin but this wasn't big enough so heated a needle and made some slightly bigger holes.

I only used it for 2 days so afraid I can't tell you the long term effects.

Try and make the tube weighted in some way, I held my ring down with some large stones.

 

[newland]

Why not use T connectors as this will do the same effect.