Any risk with using Pool/Spa PVC fittings that I cannot get otherwise?

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Up front - If my question has already been answered, please drop me a link to the thread(s).

PROBLEM: Are using spa/pool fittings reef-safe? Building a custom low-ish profile loc line thingy on the end of my Closed Loop outputs into the tank. Using 3/4" loc line following an interesting pattern I saw that Than uses in his Tidal Garden tanks.

Want to get this loc line/standing profile as low profile as possible to make it easier to aquascape with rock covering them.
Tidal Garden's is the first image (Jul 14), and what I built is the 2nd/3rd images.

I'll have 2 of these bad boys, each one sitting on the return opening (3") fed by Abyzz A1200, in a 3" or so sandbed.

NOTE: Haven't rolled out yet a Build Thread; not ready to, but getting closer.
HINT: Peninsula, 300gal, Closed Loop, Display upstairs, Basement fish room.

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The threat to our reefs from pool fittings that are constructed from PVC is not an issue. If the fittings have copper or metallic components they might be a problem but pvc is not.
 

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I’ve used spa jets for my returns for years instead of locline as I hate the way it looks… zero issues as it’s pvc. The only thing I’ve heard but didn’t experience is like sewer drain lines leaching stuff and I don’t know if it’s true or not. They’re normally abs.
 

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