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Do I need a bio-wheel filter?
As it rotates, the Bio-Wheel exposes beneficial bacteria to the air, helping bacteria work harder and faster to keep your aquarium ammonia-free. The Bio-Wheel never clogs or needs to be replaced. Clean, sparkling water is the mark of a healthy, thriving aquarium.
Which type of filter is best for aquarium?
For crystal clear water, check out the best filtration systems below.
- Best Overall: MarineLand BIO-Wheel Power Filter.
- Best for Freshwater: Penn Plax Cascade 700 Canister Filters.
- Best for Saltwater: AQUATICLIFE RO Buddie Reverse Osmosis Systems.
- Best for 20-Gallon: Tetra Whisper IQ Power Filter for Aquariums.
How often should I replace bio-wheel?
As long as BIO-Wheel is not damaged, it does not need to be replaced.
What is the point of a bio wheel?
Stage 3: Biological Filtration The patented BIO-Wheel eliminates toxic ammonia and nitrite on contact and is designed to grow the beneficial bacteria needed for biological filtration.
Why is my bio wheel not spinning?
Make sure the purple tabs are at each end of the bio wheel. If they are there, they should be pressed all the way down, and should also be clean. So check those, and wipe them off, if necessary. Also, the bio wheel is fully dependent on the flow rate of the filter system is or in other words, how clean it is.
Is it OK to have 2 filters in a fish tank?
Don’t Multiple Filters “Compete” on the Fish Tank? It is true that if you use more than one filter on your fish tank, neither of those filters will perform as efficiently as it would if it were the only filter on the aquarium. This is expected, but is not a problem.
Which filter is good for small aquarium?
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Do you really need chemical filtration in aquarium?
Chemical filtration is mostly useful for dealing with short-term problems, such as removing medications after they’ve served their purpose, or purifying tap water before it goes into a tank. A healthy tank DOES NOT require the use of chemical filters as activated carbon. ALL FISH TANKS MUST HAVE BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION.
What is a biological filter in a fish tank?
Biological filters enable bacterial colonies to propagate and break down wastes. Biological filtration is the action of bacteria in the tank breaking down dangerous ammonia, converting them to nitrites, and then the nitrites to the less toxic nitrates.
Why does my bio wheel stop spinning?
My bio wheel will not spin. Usually when the Bio-Wheel won’t spin either the water level is low, the filter system needs cleaning or the Bio-Wheel bearings are misplaced or dirty. Take the filter off of the tank, take it apart, and give it a good cleaning using warm water and distilled white vinegar.
Can a bio wheel work with a power filter?
Again, the Bio Wheel in most instances did not match these other filters EXCEPT in the case of power filters (of which there are many) that only had a cartridge; in the tests with these “cartridge only” filters the Bio wheel filter considerably out performed these rather basic power filters.
How are bio wheels different from sponge filters?
Unlike a sponge filter, especially the patented AAP/ATI Hydro Sponge Filters, the Bio Wheels have no capacity for trapping nitrogenous waste that can then be easily removed via a rinsing or similar maintenance procedure. Bio wheels run in a high oxygen environment that encourages fast aerobic nitrifcation, but little else.
How big does a bio wheel aquarium need to be?
In my first and more limited test (this is the test my colleague had performed), I removed the bio wheel penguin filters on comparable (60 gallon) established aquariums with comparable bio loads and fish and found no discernible ammonia spike.
Can a bio Wheel Tank be set up without oxygen?
Finally, what is missed by proponents of Bio-wheels is although the oxygen aspect of the bio-wheel is one aspect of aerobic nitrification, it is not difficult to maintain adequate oxygen levels for most other aquarium bio filters in a properly set up tank.