DIY Denitrator glue suggestion - Aquarium Advice

Scoot · 10-27-2006, 01:51 PM

First - I don't want to start a discussion about the effects of coil denitrators. I'm already building one, going to play with it, and see how it goes. I'd prefer to have a flat 0 ppm NO3 rather than it slowly creeping steadily up every two weeks. Its cheap, and isnt' going to hurt anything as long as I ogygenate the output.

Anyway.

I cannot, for the life of me, get my acrylic top and bottom to adhere to the 4" PVC pipe.

I've tried everything. Superglue, plumbing glue stuff (the kind you glue PVC together with), Weld-on #16 (as suggested on reefshow.com's DIY denitrator article), epoxy, etc.

The seal always leaks, and the base or top will basically peel right off when I go to retry.

After each unsuccessful try, I've cleaned the acrylic and PVC to make sure no chunk of previous adhesives are left.

Anyone have any suggestions for proper adhesive to glue a 6x6 acrylic square to the top/bottom of a 4" PVC pipe? I've been trying for over a month now, I've bought almost 50 bucks worth of glue, and I'm getting frustrated

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10-27-2006, 01:51 PM	#1
Scoot Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 661 Images: 12	DIY Denitrator glue suggestion First - I don't want to start a discussion about the effects of coil denitrators. I'm already building one, going to play with it, and see how it goes. I'd prefer to have a flat 0 ppm NO3 rather than it slowly creeping steadily up every two weeks. Its cheap, and isnt' going to hurt anything as long as I ogygenate the output. Anyway. I cannot, for the life of me, get my acrylic top and bottom to adhere to the 4" PVC pipe. I've tried everything. Superglue, plumbing glue stuff (the kind you glue PVC together with), Weld-on #16 (as suggested on reefshow.com's DIY denitrator article), epoxy, etc. The seal always leaks, and the base or top will basically peel right off when I go to retry. After each unsuccessful try, I've cleaned the acrylic and PVC to make sure no chunk of previous adhesives are left. Anyone have any suggestions for proper adhesive to glue a 6x6 acrylic square to the top/bottom of a 4" PVC pipe? I've been trying for over a month now, I've bought almost 50 bucks worth of glue, and I'm getting frustrated