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If you had a bit large enough you could miter it to fit the curve of the pvc 
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Nice! Hopefully the support worked as intended?
Do you still have the broken off tooth or teeth?
If so, you can either silicone them back on, or more permanently solvent weld them back on with one of several Weldon brand or similar acrylic solvent welding products!
Otherwise, new teeth can be made!
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Yes I have a mesh guard covering currently. I ordered a black acrylic sheet and was planning on cutting pieces to attach to the broken spots. I was going to get the Weldon stuff but they don’t sell it anywhere near me and online it take a few days and I don’t want to wait. So you think silicone will work well and they won’t break off again with the water running through?
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They shouldn’t break off without some substantial force once siliconed down! If they do; you can just re-apply silicone! — use 100% silicone sealant with no additives!
This is a good alternative too! Super glue is more brittle, but can always be re-applied if there are any troubles!
the solvent welding process is how the pros work with acrylic; the welded seam is typically so strong that the acrylic sheet will break before the welded seam! — this process is also the most complex choice to do correctly…
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Ok good to know thanks! I think for today and to get the tank running I’ll do silicone or super glue and then later on in a few weeks shut the tank down for a day to do the weld on
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That ought to work fine!Thoughts on the support here
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Mission complete!!!!
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Tanks up and running no leaks from any new plumbing however found a small leak in one of the gray pipes where the elbow meets a straight pipe. Any quick fix for this to patch it up?
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Fantastic to hear! Great work!
hmm… this is the pressurized side of the plumbing, so a patch on a leaky joint is a bit of a questionable venture…
You could probably try using a bit more pipe cement in the leaky spot with the line depressurized to seal the leak, but that’ll be a 50/50 chance of working at best…
Best bet here is typically to cut out and redo the badly cemented joint!
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Gotcha. I jumped the gun and used marine epoxy putty and it stopped. I think it wasn’t leaking previously because the salt creep stopped it but I cleaned the salt around everything and it started again.
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