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monticellomanderin
03-15-2006, 12:45 AM
:eek: ARE THEY BAD FOR A REEF TANK???
Don4921
03-15-2006, 10:15 AM
not sure never used them
mainy999
03-15-2006, 12:24 PM
personally i dont use HOB filters. If you are going for a reef tank, you are going to be investing alot of money in the tank. imo, if you want a good filter, get a good canister (eheim or Fluval) or a wet/dry.
i swear by refugiums bio wheels will not hurt the tank at all but if you use a canitser or hob filter use it for mechanical filtration only and clean it every week
I have heard that biowheels do have one problem in salt and brackish tanks, they collect salt accretion.
Don4921
03-16-2006, 10:46 AM
I have heard that biowheels do have one problem in salt and brackish tanks, they collect salt accretion.
that is true i would use a wetdry
fatsolomon
03-16-2006, 6:03 PM
i have a biowheel on both brackish and full salt. neither of them has had buildup, ever.
Don4921
03-17-2006, 10:30 AM
if you dont have to use them then dont
craig
03-17-2006, 12:50 PM
Wetdry and a penguin 350double biowheel.Works fantastic.[IMG]
craig
03-17-2006, 12:58 PM
Wetdry like this one.[IMG]
i have a biowheel on both brackish and full salt. neither of them has had buildup, ever.
That is good, I don't have any salt or brackish tanks but a friend stopped using biowheels after salt buildup kept occurring at the axle of the wheel, He might have had it set up where it got excessive splashback.
DigitalFiction
03-18-2006, 2:35 PM
On my 58 marine I used to have just my Emperor 400 and I never saw any build up on the wheels from the salt. But as posted above I wouldn't use them on a reef unless you want them there for a piece of mind. Definitely go with a refugium.
koliveira
03-18-2006, 2:38 PM
Bio wheels are a great source of denitrfication. Don't run the carbon insert though it will lower your PH. Just cut a spounge to fit the space.
thefishofdoom
03-19-2006, 12:25 AM
dont use bio wheels on a reef they cause unwanted nitrates.
plenty of live rock and sand would be best with a good wet dry of refugium
Lepomis
03-21-2006, 12:59 AM
I would go with a refugium and pull the Biowheels off the power filter, cause unnessary nitrates.
Konrade
03-21-2006, 7:50 PM
Refugium with lr rubble and macroalgae sump with skimmer and instead of bio balls put in lr. I skimmer is waht you really need to invest in. It is amazing how much crap they collect. About the bio wheels, they don't do much because the lr and sand provides all the bio filtration, the bio wheels just provide a place to harbor nitrates