Make sure u use botanicare bulkheads. I cannot stress this enough. My shop was out one day and I had to get a system done.
Had heard activeaqua was junk but threw caution to the wind. Every…single…bulkhead leaked. Switched them out for botanicare and not one leak. Talk about a waste of 4 hours. The gasket on the active aqua Isnt tacky rubber and is more like a hard plastic and doesnt seal well. Also the screw nut slips in the hand and is hard to get a grip on to tighten up well.
Trust me spend the $1.8 per on the botanicare. Unless u like chasing leaks and spilling water on your floor
I also like to use some screw clamps for extra precaution. My hydro store carried some harder and thinner wall poly tubing that went on way too easily and I would get leaks if I bumped them. The older thicker rubbery poly I needed petroleum jelly to get the hose on the barbs. Not one leak with that poly