aquabeast
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anyone reccomend these? ive heard good things about them? hats the gph
penguin bio wheel filters
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BigJim
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I had a Penguin 200B and I liked it until I switched to sand in the tanks. The sand ate a couple impellers, so I switched to AquaClears. The main drawback I found was the Penguin cartridges plug up pretty quickly. I used the Penguin media cages and some canister filter foam to make my own cartridges.
Viper
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I didn't like the fact that my Penguin didn't have an adjustable flow. Also, it was very easy for the bio wheels to stop spinning and thereby serve no purpose. I too switched to an AquaClear and I love it.
Fishguy2727
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Aquaclears have better flow and a lot more media capacity. If you really want the biowheel I have seen people make a diy biowheel holder and add that to their aquaclear to get a super hob.
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aquabeast
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well, i have an aquaclear 20
Fishguy2727
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What size tank? I don't really like the AC20, pretty dinky.
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aquabeast
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its a 29 but its teamed up with a whisper 40 i
ejaramillo01
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aquabeast said:
I have one and I liked, but it's true that the cartridges get clog to fast, and this makes the flow to go down, then the biowheel doesn't run around. So it will require to keep an eye on it.
In the other hand, I have a 150 in a 10G tank and handles the bioload really well, I never had issues with ammonia spikes so far
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aquabeast
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mine doesnt have a biowheel
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