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xclusive252

55 gal salt water
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Does anyone know a great place to pick up pvc gate valves and maybe a check valve and some other plumbing Im located in queens but will travel to say brooklyn if need be. tyvm in advance
 

andylee

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Westchester
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Home Depot is everywhere. They have PVC pipe, fittings, and ball and gate valves, but no check valves. I think salt water capable flapper valves are pretty much only available at aquarium specialty stores. I saw a 3/4 inch one at Kissena Aquarium last week.
 

LatinP

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Staten Island
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Home Depot is everywhere. They have PVC pipe, fittings, and ball and gate valves, but no check valves. I think salt water capable flapper valves are pretty much only available at aquarium specialty stores. I saw a 3/4 inch one at Kissena Aquarium last week.

+1 Although I have a Lowe's next to Home Depot in my area and they tend to have a little better selection for smaller sized fittings 1"-2" stuff.
 

jscarlata

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Long Island
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I've never seen gate valves in the sizes we need at any local stores by me, lowes/hd/ace, heck i even went to a plumbing supply house and the guy looked at me like I had three heads when i asked for a 1" PVC gate valve... Best bet for some of those items will be online. They all gave ball valves, u even found true union ball valves at one of the home depots, but they aren't great quality, However $7-8 for a t/u ball valve from hd is better than spending 2-3x that from one of the reef vendors online...there's a big difference in quality...I bought a try union ball valve for my return from brs and it's soooooo much better, smoother and easier to turn, than the stuff from hd...cost a lot more though.. Good luck
 

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