Tubing Help

[Murphy3030]

Hi!

I’m a brand new pond owner and am inexperienced when it comes to pond maintenance. I have a small water garden and noticed that the water ran low for sometime, even after a good rain, so I figured there must be a leak.

I ruled out a leak in the liner because the water didn’t go down after shutting down the pump.

I found that the leak was in the tubing. The tubing is non-kink PVC tubing. When I found the culprit, the previous owners put a barbed connector and a fernco fitting on it.

I’m trying to reconnect the tubing and flexible pvc pipe was recommended. So my question is, can I connect the flexible pvc pipe to the non-kink, and if so, how?

I’ll attach the images. Thanks for the time!

 

[combatwombat]

Fittings on those kink free hoses are notoriously sketchy. I’m not aware of any other way to connect them than a barbed fitting with hose clamp, which is just a problem waiting to happen.

If at all possible, I would replace the full run with schedule 40 pvc—hard pipe or flex.

 

[Murphy3030]

Thanks for the quick reply. I probably wouldn’t be able to replace run until the end of the week.

Is there a quick stop-gap solution you would recommend, just so I can get the water moving again?

 

[combatwombat]

Quick stop gap would be to cut out damaged section and patch in a new one with 2 barbed fittings.

 

[Murphy3030]

Thanks again, I’ll give it a shot.

 

[poconojoe]

That corregated non-kink pond tubing is horrible.
It's difficult to connect at times and it doesn't last very long. It's constantly springing leaks.

I agree with replacing it with schedule 40 ridgid or flex pvc.