i discovered this weekend that i had a leak coming to my livewells. it ended up being the hose coupling that goes into the pvc t connector on the back of the livewell (02 classic). the couplings from the aerator and recirc hoses where both broken. i went ahead and put new pvc plumbing back in as it was, but wondered why all the pvc was used rather than just running hoses up to the entrance of the well. it would be much easier to run hoses rather than the pvc, but i also know that bcb usually has a reason for why things are done a certain way. should i have just ran hoses or was all of my pvc work in a small area done for a reason?