Hose Kinking - How to prevent it?

[Voo]

Hi Guys,

I have an external filter that is placed to the side of the tank (still below it). I find that the hose keeps kinking in certain places, so i was wondering if anyone had ideas on how to prevent this?


thanks

 

[altaaffe]

Could always get a bit of larger bore hose to surround and support the area that kinks.

 

[Ed Seeley]

The best thing to do is to cut the hose so it's a short as possible (leaving a bit of slack for movements and cleaning) so that there's less bends and areas that can kink and you have fairly stright runs to the filter and back.

 

[bogwood]

Eheim use to make a bend that clipped on the outside of your piping to stop it kinking/compressing.

Not sure whether it is still available.

 

[JamesM]

http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... ts_id=1201

http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... cts_id=631

 

[Anonymous]

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