Bio-Wheel and Medicine

[lmw80]

On the bottle of ick medicine I have, it says before you use, remove any activated carbon from filter.....i removed the activated carbon from the little basket that I put it in...then i put the medicine in....within an hour, the water was no longer blue from the medicine....so i got to thinking...should i just have turned off the filter...i think there might be carbon in the actual filter pads of the bio-wheel...

 

[wabyrd]

No, you need to leave the filter running. The biowheel is where your bacteria live that convert ammonia->nitrite->nitrate. The medication will still be fine.

 

[loganj]

Agreed...no carbon on the bio wheel. Leave it running.

 

[lmw80]

ok, thank you

 

[fishfreek]

Of course one thing is to be careful when dosing. Alot of the chemicals we use are antibacteral and thus can have a negitive effect on our bactera filter if dosed improerly.

Good luck with your ick solution.