hi, just read about the "BaDassII" over on wizardforums. the creator of that thought that connecting the reservoir with a t-piece, and using only one of it's connectors:
| Aquatube |
|_________|
_________ | |___________
Water flow-> _______________________

is a good way of reducing restrictions in the system. Now to me this seems like a good idea, is there any reason why i shouldn't do this? (apart from not getting the aquajet working :'()

please excuse the drawing, i've just noticed it! Right what i mean is: the aquatube is mounted at the highest point of the watercooling loop, ie at the top of the case. instead of having two p&c connectors screwed into it, you just have one. this drops down to a t-piece. the 'long' side of the t-piece (the straight bit) is inserted into the top portion of the water loop. in other words, once the system is filled, you have in effect a straight through connector, with little or no resistance. if the water level drops a little, extra water comes in from above from the aquatube. i work in the motor trade, and all modern cars have a header tank in their water systems. this header tank is not involved in circulating water in most cases, but just there to provide room for expansion, and to top up the water level. i hope you can understand this, i know i haven't explained it very well.

i guess you're right people! thanks for the input! at least i can put that aquajet to good, if entirely aesthetic, use now!