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Originally posted by Sproket
Do you think I will have a problem with my WhiteWater block snd brass barbs??
I was thinking of putting some purple ice in there.
Or
I could change all the barbs in system to POly!!
But then I could not tighten down on them as much.
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I have been running block #000 for the last 7 months with the brass barbs and nothing but tap water occasionally topping up an open to the air reservoir (I use a standard Eheim 1250 pump sponge filter) ferried back and forth in an old 2 litre Coke bottle.
I opened up the block recently and inspected it. Short of some minor discoloration on the
outside of the barbs where the hosing clamps on, the block looked perfect. I even took the barbs out to inspect the seals and it looked just fine.
In short, and given that testing, I feel that you'd have nothing to worry about even with tap water, unless your tap water contains something unusually toxic.
I always like to point out that house water commonly comes into the house through copper pipes and brass fittings, so it amuses me slightly when people panic suddenly about copper/brass as if it could be dangerous when many houses have 50+ year old plumbing using that exact same mix.