Can't find flex tubing

I can't find 1 inch flex tubing that would be safe for fish and coral. My drain is one inch, but I do have a 3/4 inch that could be used for the drain. Same size a the return line. But I don't know if that would be smart. Tank is a 75 RR, return pump is the tunze silence 1073.05 . I was at Home Depot tonight but they said nothing they had was fish safe.

 

I just recently had that issue. I had tubing for 3/4" opening and the tube was 3/4" which caused it to split. It took me a while to find something, but i found some pond flex tubing that im pretty sure is 1". I got it from petland but any pond center should have some. It works awesome and i havent had any problems yet! I hope this helps,

Fishluver

 

HD employees cannot be trusted even on a simple thing of what they stock, or don't, so its best not to talk to them. Heck, they told me they didn't stock aquarium sealant when I asked if they had any in backstock. I took the HD employee to the very spot and showed the HD employee the stock tag. I've only bought it there a billion times.

All the vinyl tubing they stock is aquarium safe. They also stock flexible PVC, but perhaps not at your location. I've found they typically stock it high up on the racks.

 

Why do people like flexible tubing vs. PVC? I think PVC keeps pressure better and is less annoying in a lot of ways.

 

where do you live? We stock 1" flex line, but as someone pointed out, for a drain, why not use hard plumbing(pvc) or a standard 1" flex line that are designed specifically for aquarium overflow drains?

 

It allows you to move your return pump. If you do pvc, which I did, plumb the first 2 feet after the return pump with vinyl tubing.

 

3/4 Inch I.D. Ultra-Flex PVC Pipe Tubing

here is what i used

 

Thank you, were would I find that flex line made for aquariums?

 

PVC you lose more pressure. And all I need is a line 29 inches going aright down, then another line 44 inches going up at an angel. Should be simple, not using glue and bends in the lines.

 

Thanks! I'll look into this.