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Originally Posted by AMANIQU77
I know for a fact that you shouldn't mess with biowheels in a freshwater application.
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Please explain why you think so?
Bio-Wheels do just what they are designed to do and that is to create bacteria to complete the nitrogen cycle just as any wet/dry filter would. Bacteria is created whether you use fresh, brackish, or saltwater and the amount of bacteria is in direct proportion to the bio-load in the tank.
Most of the Bio-Wheels receive the water
after it’s gone through a basic filter/
GAC filtration unit so essentially it never becomes clogged. The only exception to this is if you hook the Bio-Wheel up directly to a power head in which you should have a pre-filter/sponge put on the ph to avoid clogging.
It is extremely efficient at taking the toxic
nh3/
no2 and converting it to the less toxic
no3 due to the large surface area and it constantly being exposed to oxygen. It can only create
no3 from the
nh3/
no2 present in the tank and
can not produce
no3 on it’s own.
Any filtration unit can become clogged with improper maintenance and lead to excessive
no3 due to the
non-removal of excess waste which leads to excessive
nh3 levels.
After using the Bio-Wheel for over 10 years in
FW, Brackish, &
SW I’ve never experienced
no3 above 10
ppm and routinely keep it at 0
ppm by diligently cleaning the unit (About every 3 weeks) and by not overstocking/overfeeding my tanks. It’s easy to maintain/setup and is a great addition or alternative to
SW tank owners who don’t want to use or fully depend on
lr for bio-filtration.
IMO the whole argument about Bio-Wheels being “nitrate factories” is baseless and without warrant. They simply do the job they were created to do as any other bio-filtration would. If people would give them half a chance they would see the results for themselves and stop relying on hear say to form their opinions.
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