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DIY Spraybar for Eheim Tubing

Yeah you got to keep the pace not to get blisters..
 
BexHaystack said:
Thanks! Did you end up using the extruded version of the pipe in the end?
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Yes I did, and drilling it was not a problem (no cracks at all), although I did use a small high speed modeller's drill rather than a typical heavy duty DIY drill/driver type; whether or not that made a difference I have no idea.

In the end the drilling and bending was pretty easy, athough as I mentioned earlier I did overheat the tube and caused it to bubble somewhat. I'll try again later and hopefully do a better job; on reflection I wish that I'd bought double the amount of tube to allow for mistakes as the two 2m lengths of tube cost a combined £11 and the shipping alone £20 :wideyed:.

The one other thing to be aware of is that the tube is shiny and, despite my best efforts to a) rough it up a bit with sandpaper and b) heat the hose before inserting the tube into it as far as possible, it did slip off when i was tidying up the pipework resulting in a bit of panic when water started appearing from underneath the aquarium 😱. A few jubillee clips soon put paid to the chances of a recurrence of that!

Good luck!
 
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