I have 2 Bio Wheel Mini's, 1 125 Bio wheel and 1 170 Bio Wheel and i have had almost no problems with the wheel not spinning, one thing is to make sure the filter cartrage is clean and that there is no buildup at the end of the wheel.
Bio-wheels not turning
- Thread starter Cichlid Guy
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I had the exact same prob with a 125 and a mini. Just clean the impeller and intake tube. I didnt even use a brush, I just ran them under very hot water till the algae and junk fell off and I wiped some off the impeller. I put the filters back together and havent had a problem since. If its new, they also sometimes take a little while to get going. Just spin it a few times by hand, maby that will help
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Cindy wonders : Why bother ? 
There are plenty of other filters out there that are equally as good without having to do all that "maintenance". I give my filter sponges a squeeze in water every couple of weeks and I'm good to go. That is LITERALLY the extent of my filter maintenace. With Bio-Wheels I had to disassemble the housing and peices to clean it just to keep it spinning, every couple of weeks !
I never could figure out how it could possibly be "worth" having a Bio-Wheel if you have to literally take it apart and clean it every few weeks just to keep it doing what all the other filters do naturally ?
There are plenty of other filters out there that are equally as good without having to do all that "maintenance". I give my filter sponges a squeeze in water every couple of weeks and I'm good to go. That is LITERALLY the extent of my filter maintenace. With Bio-Wheels I had to disassemble the housing and peices to clean it just to keep it spinning, every couple of weeks !
I never could figure out how it could possibly be "worth" having a Bio-Wheel if you have to literally take it apart and clean it every few weeks just to keep it doing what all the other filters do naturally ?
I agree with Cindy....I dumped my biowheels in favor of a canister, myself. Way too much maintenance, way too many little problems (plus, the electricity in my area is transitory, so I was constantly having to reprime any HOB filters I had....except the one I have now....gotta find out the brand name on that thing, cause It's been great...anybody know what comes standard in the Walmart 10 gallon complete setup?)
I actually had to resort to taking the biowheels APART to fix a similar problem with my emperor...there was a string caught in the axle that came from the inside of the biowheel. took hours to put it back together...I bought a Fluval the following week.
I actually had to resort to taking the biowheels APART to fix a similar problem with my emperor...there was a string caught in the axle that came from the inside of the biowheel. took hours to put it back together...I bought a Fluval the following week.
thanx Anton. (sorry, didn't mean to hijack). Do they sell a big tank filter without the biowheels (say, 55 gallon size)? The mechanism itself is great, I just don't like the biowheel part of a HOB...
You know, I've never even seen an Aquaclear....they are apparently not a common product in my neck of the woods... I've heard all this great praise for them, and yet I've never even seen one.... (Guess I should get out more....)
