Brass fittings

[Shobloth]

trying to hook up a sand filter and uv sterilizer to my canister filter to make use of the pump, and the flow rate is ideally slow for both. the only fittings i can find for valves, Ts and reducers are brass. will this leech copper into the tank and slowly poison it?

thanks.

[E36328i]

Yes, brass has copper and zinc in it. It WILL leech copper. I have had a customer make the mistake of using one for a chiller line and killed 5 clams.

[billsreef]

Hunt a bit harder, even mail order if needed, you'll be able to find the fittings you need in an acceptable plastic version. Metal of any kind is a definite no in a SW system.

[Met3112]

Yes! Do not use them.

[oldreefer76]

try savko www.savko.com they will have everything you should need

[bertoni]

We've dealt with more than one dead tank killed by brass fittings. There's nothing particularly slow about the process. :(