Superglue On Spraybar

[kiriyama]

Hi, the end cap from the spraybar has started popping off quite frequently and falling in the tank, this is causing a loss of flow, can I suoerglue it back on, is this safe to do ?
Any advice appreciated

 

[squiggley]

My stopper came off of my Tetratec1200 and I glued it then found it difficult to clean that section. Stupidly when it happened to the 2nd Tetratec I did exactly the same. Now.both end sections remain dirty

 

[kiriyama]

My stopper came off of my Tetratec1200 and I glued it then found it difficult to clean that section. Stupidly when it happened to the 2nd Tetratec I did exactly the same. Now.both end sections remain dirty

Sounds like something I would do, here goes anyway

 

[SuperColey1]

Superglue is fine BUT I was just about to question using it for the stop end when I read the other post

Try and make a shim of some sort with paper or thin card etc rather than sticking it in. Over time it will get pretty yucky if you can't get it out

Alternatively try to find a bung somewhere else

AC

 

[Confish]

hey i have the same problem on my ex1200 but i didn't want to super glue it as then its hard to clean the tubes so ive just found away around it i had some spare bungs from my optics and i cut one smaller n used that then put the cap on the other end problem solved

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Something like a test tube bung tht wedges in sounds the way forward

 

[kiriyama]

I have been to lazy to do it yet
I am currently using a spraybar from an internal filter, will be getting a sponge for that soon so will need it back will be on the look for a test tube bung, any ideas where to get such a thing ?

 

[Confish]

good old ebay (Y)

 

[kiriyama]

I can't belive how simple this was ...
I took an elastic band and cut it , I placed the srip in the back of the cap then inserted the cap into the spraybar, I then trimmed the ends off the elastic band just leaving a tiny bit , it holds tight and if I want to remove the end cap for cleaning I just pull the tiny bit of elastic

 

[Confish]

not 100% sure but thought id say it to be safe would it not disintegrate and also the pollute the tank? thats y i used an optics bung as its used with liquids that you drink so will be safe.

 

[kiriyama]

not 100% sure but thought id say it to be safe would it not disintegrate and also the pollute the tank? thats y i used an optics bung as its used with liquids that you drink so will be safe.

Oh!!! Cheers for the heads up Confish, bung it shall be then

 

[Modelworks]

You can use hot melt glue guns for this. The glue is safe for fish or mine would be dead years ago all the times I have used it on tank equipment.

 

[SJ2K]

Good to see im not alone with the spray bar option, personally I ditched it all together and just have an open output. Using an eheim internal for aeration.