Bio-wheels vs AquaClears

Bio-wheels vs AquaClears

  • Bio-Wheel

    Votes: 19 44.2%

  • AquaClear

    Votes: 24 55.8%
  • Total voters
    43
musho3210

musho3210

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Ok cast your votes. This is on HOB filters. My vote went for bio-wheels since the wheels are easy to maintain and almost never need cleaning at all. Plus the wheel has no mechanical capabilities and it has a very large surface area.

Bio-wheels:
All penguin models
All Emperor models
DOES NOT INCLUDE CANISTER

AquaClear
All AquaClear HOB models
 
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Wouldn't an HOB with mechanical and bio wheels be better? Haven't seen any filters that are just bio wheels.
 
I started w/ Aquaclear and have bought several Bio-wheels, but IMO the A/C is a much better in the way of mechanical and biological (everything in the filter is geared towards both of these)...I just feel for a HOB filter you cant beat an Aquaclear
 
rbishop said:
Wouldn't an HOB with mechanical and bio wheels be better? Haven't seen any filters that are just bio wheels.
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Sorry, i should have been a little more specific, the bio-wheels i am refering to the penguin or the emperor models with the mechanical and chemical cartridge.

A con with the biowheels is that if the flow isnt strong enough, the wheel wont move, this is more common in the penguins than it is in the emperors.
 
I don't see it as even close - Marineland filters have done a much, much better job of filtering my tanks than the Hagens have done.
 
I use both and to be honest I like the ACs better. In time I will switch out the Marineland and replace it with an AC.

The AC with ceramic rings holds just as much bacteria as a biowheel. Besides I don't really like the biowheels filter media. AC has a lot more room and variables to try.
 
AquariumFish said:
I have several Magnum 350's.

One of them came with 2 bio-wheel's.
Bio Wheels are to maintain healthy algae blooms
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I have biowheels and they work fine on the tank that theyre on, which, last time i checked, had crystal clear water. (and has recovered from an algae bloom before)
 
My vote goes for the AquaClears - specially the larger ones - Penguin wheels are just plain ineffective - bad mechanical filtration which gets clogged up and dooms the bio-wheel from turning... IMO there's not a whole lot even an Emperor filter can toss out against the AC 500 - it's truly a beast
 
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