I’d like to get away from filling buckets and carrying them back and forth to do water changes. I’ve modified my mixing station so I can now pump water to my tank and I’m trying to figure out the best tubing to use. It’s about 35-40 feet from the mixing station to my tank and the options I’ve thought of are:
- Vinyl tubing - probably the easiest but prone to kinking.
- Braided vinyl tubing - won’t kink but stiffer, heavier and and a bit harder to work with
- Silicone tubing - flexible but very expensive (~$8/foot)
- Ultraflex PVC- I’ve used spa-flex PVC which is minimally flexible but read that the ultra flex is much better. A 50’ roll of ¾” ultra flex is less than $50, I’m just wondering if it will be flexible enough for my use. Does anyone else have experience with it? Would this work for my purpose?