Replace bio wheels with pot scrubbies??

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JoelR

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I have an Emp. 400 and I was wondering which would have more surface area, the bio wheels or pot scrubbies? You can fit two pot scrubbies right where the bio wheel goes and the spray bars stray right on them.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Joel
 
I think the bio wheels are designed to work well. I would doubt that by replacing with the pot scrubbies you would be gaining anything at all, probably would be losing total surface area.
 
how would you do that? they work fine as-is for me. you're not going to gain anything except for quieter operation
 
pwmin;2837341; said:
how would you do that? they work fine as-is for me. you're not going to gain anything except for quieter operation
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My question was if they had more surface area. If they did, you would gain... surface area and quieter operation. If they don't, then you wouldn't gain surface area. There in lies my question.
 
how are you going to mount the scrubbies? I just fill my chamers w/ AC media and keep the wheels. If you're just going to fill the chambers then why would you take the wheels out?
 
pwmin;2837536; said:
how are you going to mount the scrubbies? I just fill my chamers w/ AC media and keep the wheels. If you're just going to fill the chambers then why would you take the wheels out?
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You don't have to "mount" them, two of them fit right where the wheels go. I haven't been running this, I'm setting up a new tank and my bio wheels are in my wet/dry tower right now, in an established tank "seeding". The scrubbies that are in the emp. are from the wet/dry (I had to make room for the wheels) and I was just using them to "seed" the new tank. While I was doing this I just started wondering if that would actually supply my emp. with more surface area than the wheels would.

Does anyone actually know how much surface area the bio wheels provide? That would answer the question.


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Can't find the stats on the biowheel. I can tell you though the fabic that makes up one emporer bio wheel measures out to 5" x 27" so there is 270 square inches of surface. Though this is not the total surface area of the material available for Bacteria to colonize. I would say that realistically that it's probably 3 to 4 times that amount of 270 square inches.
 
Bderick67;2837656; said:
Can't find the stats on the biowheel. I can tell you though the fabic that makes up one emporer bio wheel measures out to 5" x 27" so there is 270 square inches of surface. Though this is not the total surface area of the material available for Bacteria to colonize.
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I can't find them either. :(
 
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