Plumbing - What Piece Do I Need?

Easto

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Joined
Dec 5, 2014
Location
London, Ontario
I have 3 drains for Bean Animal.
I have 1 return.

All of them are 1" bulkheads and I am 99.8373% sure it's these ones: Pentair Aquatics Standard 1" Thread x Slip Bulkhead

The part that goes into the aquarium is threaded and I am pretty sure I didn't realize this and I don't really want these. Slip x Slip is what I want.

Now that I have these where do I find threaded 1" pieces I can put in there for the returns then add elbows for my drains.

In addition, what I do need to add to the drain line that's threaded and reduces down to 3/4" so I can use loc line?

OR.....

Should I buy 4 new bulkheads that are slipxslip
 

heath

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Joined
Oct 2, 2012
Location
Woodstock, Ontario
I see that you are in London, go to sealife central, they have all the plumbing parts that you will need and also there is Plasco just east of London...
 

reefgeek

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Joined
Apr 9, 2014
Location
Barrie, Ontario
My suggestion, return the bulkheads and get slip x slip (go slip all the way on the wet side and do not use any glue). My reason is it is far easier to disassemble a slip assembly in the tight overflow space than it is to unscrew a threaded fitting. I never thought I would need to disassemble the drains but one fast wrasse in the overflow taught me the value of being able to pull the drain up and out of the overflow. Using threaded fittings just makes things more complicated.
 
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