bio-wheels are bogus

[fish_master2000]

Oh yea by the way, don't get me wrong I love the bio-wheel's ability to
maintain colonies of cycling bacteria, they work great, just not on planted
tanks (no mystery here). The interesting thing is since removing the
bio-wheels I have only noticed a slight .25ppm spike in nitrites yesterday
and by this evening nitrites are undetectable !! I can not test ammonia but
the fish look fine, the pH is below 7.0 so if anything the plants are
utilizing the non-toxic ammonium (a great and free plant fertilizer) and I
will do water changes every day till I get one. Time will tell.


http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.9805/msg00304.html

and there is the site

 

[Lupin]

Fish_master, I appreciate you trying to get the thread back on topic and starting an interesting topic but this thread has been given leeway already and most people chose to derail this and post in a disrespectful manner. Thanks for the input, folks, but next time perhaps you should post more politely than to wreck a thread with your personal insults.