Air tubing that won't turn white?

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I used to use normal air tubing for running C02 to my diffusor. However the tube often turned a ugly pasty white.

Is there any high grade air tubing in the market that will stay nicely transparent? I've only saw a pack of nicely packaged air tubing in a silver box at Polyart Aquarium.

[Cacatuoides]

why not go for high-pressure CO2 tubes? they can withstand the pressure n of good quality...

[BFG]

Yeah, agree with cacatuoides. They also comes in black color too.

[Ruff]

I use the Ocean Free transparent high pressure one. So far so good. I preferred this to the black one as I can see the condition of the tube and also how far does the water go back when the CO2 is off.

[andrewtyr]

You've got a point there.
The black ones aren't cheap as well.

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But the black ones are rigid, not flexible enough for me

Ruff, where did you get it? Is it commonly available?

[Ruff]

Terence

The Ocean Free one is also not very flexible. I suppose all the high pressure (high density?) ones are quite rigid.

I bought it from Qian Hu directly. So far don't see any LFS carrying them. Probably because it is not cheap also. If my memory is correct, I paid about $5 for 1m or 2m.

I suppose you can ask LFS to order from Qian Hu for you.

I have been using it for 6 mths and it is still in perfect condition. I had once tried the normal air tub - it turned white in about 1 to 2 weeks' time.

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Hmm... it sounds like it's the normal black C02 tubing. I have that, but it's too damn rigid.

I've seen a green airline tube around, it has a rubberised feel to it. Any comments on that from anybody?