I removed the first biowheel from my HOB yesterday. No spikes in params. I removed the filter media from it last week.
I was going to give it a few days, but I was checking the filter today, and the spraybar that shoots water over my second biowheel was completely plugged, except for one hole which was partially blocked. So at least for awhile its only been getting a trickle of water running over it.
I've removed it, since it was essentially doing nothing for the system.
I'll be watching params all day, but I'm confident everything will stay stable.
I'm going to leave the filter itself running for another few days, as I'm sure there is beneficial bacteria growing inside the housing, and I don't want to remove too much too fast.
Wheeee, I'm almost filterless!
I'm down to one sponge, in the overflow box. I clean it regularly (daily, if not more), and its great to catch any bigger items the get in there, like mysis, flakes, etc.
I've ordered a PO4 testkit, to see how that's going, cause I still have a good amount of cyano growing in my fuge.
I was going to give it a few days, but I was checking the filter today, and the spraybar that shoots water over my second biowheel was completely plugged, except for one hole which was partially blocked. So at least for awhile its only been getting a trickle of water running over it.
I've removed it, since it was essentially doing nothing for the system.
I'll be watching params all day, but I'm confident everything will stay stable.
I'm going to leave the filter itself running for another few days, as I'm sure there is beneficial bacteria growing inside the housing, and I don't want to remove too much too fast.
Wheeee, I'm almost filterless!
I'm down to one sponge, in the overflow box. I clean it regularly (daily, if not more), and its great to catch any bigger items the get in there, like mysis, flakes, etc.
I've ordered a PO4 testkit, to see how that's going, cause I still have a good amount of cyano growing in my fuge.