Penguin Bio-Wheel filters

[swimfast]

in the instruction manual it says that it might stop. This is ok, the bateria is still being delievered to the water, and the water is still flowing. a little rinse while changing the water will get it spinning again.

 

[BradleyUffner]

mine usually stops only when it's "axels" get dirty. Just pop it out, clean the little pins it rests on, and the slot they go into and everything is spinning happily again.

 

[chinnp]

I could not speak more highly of the bio-wheel. Big fan of it and I use it on all my tanks. I've never had to replace any of them.

 

[TommyR]

Yes, you can just rinse the filter pads off. I do that weekly. I replace the filters every 3 months.

Or you can do what I do. Buy a package of the blue/white sheet filter material. Remove the pad off the cartridge frame, dump the carbon and cut a piece of filter material to fit the frame and rubber band it on the frame with 2 bands. I did this with 2 frames and alternate them. I remove the filter material, rinse it well and re-use it.

That said, I did buy and am now using an Aquaclear 30 for a 20g High tank and like them a LOT better than the mini biowheel I have on my 10g. Don't get me wrong the bio wheels does a great job but I like the AQ better now. I run it with 2 sponges and a 3rd on the intake for pre-filtering.

Tom

 

[Tuolumne]

Make sure when rinsing the filterpads to rinse them in dechlorinated water, not straight tap water, otherwise you'll be killing off a portion of your bacterial filter. (I thought it was worth mentioning, just in case.)

 

[TommyR]

Make sure when rinsing the filterpads to rinse them in dechlorinated water, not straight tap water, otherwise you'll be killing off a portion of your bacterial filter. (I thought it was worth mentioning, just in case.)

On the bio wheel it doesn't matter, on the AQ it does.

Tom