By hook or by crook

[PBM3000]

Is there a neat solution for spray bar and inlet connections? I can't stand the shepherd's crook style on an open tank. They're fiddly and annoying to get and keep stable. Then they just look a mess.

Isn't there a system that just clips on to the glass lip itself instead of the big, clumsy sucker and clips - offering stability and... tidiness?... Even the Eheim Installation sets are awful, IMO...
.

 

[Barbara Turner]

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for?
I'm not sure they look any better

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-p...ter-20mm-suitable-below-15mm/32605095452.html

 

[PBM3000]

I wasn’t aware of those, thanks, but not really what I meant. Instead of a typical arched 'crook' which is inherently unstable - requiring suckers etc - I was thinking of a system that has either a tighter loop - or if that affects flow, somehow moulded longitudinally with the glass, looping over in a kind of 'barrel roll' from outside the glass to inside.

Vertical Inlet connector - Along - Up - 'Barrel Roll' - Down - Along (forming spray bar) - Up - Barrel roll - Down - Stop end

Hmm. Difficult to explain. The Eheim Installation set kind of has the concept but it's still blocky and ugly, in my opinion.

 

[Angus]

I don't think i have seen anything like this, generally spraybars need suckers, i would love to see someone manufacture the idea you have, it would look super aesthetic, maybe E-mail some of the smaller glass manufacturers (Mig-A is one that comes to mind) or chihiros and enquire about the idea?