Marconis said:Oh, one more thing that I just thought of. Since you said the filter needs to be running to create water agitation, won't the bio-wheel just become contaminated if that soap comes up while Im testing something?
Don't put in your bio wheel until the end. It's new right... so you don't need to test it. And you definitely don't need to risk contaminating it. Same with all your new filter media. Just let the water pour through.
In that case, if you boil it, then you can do it's own test in the tank and run water through it to verify it's good.