ReefMat Pipe Connection

[ChiReefGuy3]

Does anyone know what kind of plastic the Red Sea ReefMat hose connector is made of? I need to connect it to pvc pipe and am trying to figure out what kind of cement to use.

 

[blaxsun]

Yes, you want ABS cement.

 

[PhilT]

MyA installer used pvc cement to glue the hose to a pvc pipe and 10 days later my leak sensor went off! Looks like the hose was sweating ever so slowly that it built up a puddle in the bottom of my stand. I wonder if the pvc cements is too strong/corrosive? I know he reefmat came with tubes of some type of silicone sealant.

 

[Johnny C]

It’s abs. You have to use green abs to pvc transition glue

 

[Johnny C]

It’s abs. You have to use green abs to pvc transition glue

Oh my. I really dug up an old post. Sorry about that. Hope you got it all figured out.

 

[PhilT]

no problem. he just replaced hose with pvc pipe which is what he wanted to do in the first place. i thought using the hose gave me a little more flexibility if i ever wanted to move it in the sump.