Thanks ssalty. I used Krylon fusion to paint the plumbing parts. It is fairly inert once dry. Although this is my first time painting anything in the tank, others here have used it without issue
Well I found out today that the glass companies here can't cut the glass for my sump until Tuesday or Wednesday
I wanted to have this up and running by Sunday night. So my options are to run the sump without baffles and add them somewhere down the road, use a temp sump and temp plumbing for now and wait or leave the tank skimmerless for another week.