Bio Wheel or Conventional? I need answers to these questionsHow often do you change a bio wheel filter?Will a conventional whisper filter work fine for ciclids? are bio wheels better or worse
i comprehend what you advise, I actually have a penguin 350b on between the tanks in my mattress room and the sound of the water going over the wheel drove me loopy for a on a similar time as too. i ultimately have been given used to the sound after many nights snoozing with a pillow over my head. I even have 4 cartridges in my clear out and a couple of of them I shrink open, bumped off the charcoal and put in some bio balls, for much extra area for the constructive micro organism. i do no longer comprehend if the two considered one of your cartridges have the froth or no longer yet you ought to the two do what I did with reducing and including some extra media for the micro organism or in case you the have a media basket and a cartridge. i like utilising the conventional cartridges because of the fact this is only as ordinary to do slightly reducing extremely then pass out and purchase considered one of their particular media baskets. long tale short, as long as you upload some thing for the constructive micro organism to colonize on then removing the wheel is high quality. maximum filters do no longer even have it so it of course isn't that necessary.
Either is fine for cichlids. I see no advantages to either type. I have 24 tanks and utilize both styles of filters on them. Most of my fish are cichlids (Tanganyikans, West African and some South American). I also use the plastic box filters that sit inside the tank on the bottom and are powered by air. Most of my tanks (16) have the box filters and I plan to change the rest over by the end of the summer. It will save me a lot in electricity. The actual bio-wheel should not be cleaned at all. The bacteria that live on and in the fibers of the wheel need to remain intact and undisturbed in order to be able to help with the partial removal of ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Be advised, filters only help remove these toxins, they do not take them all out. You need to be doing 50% water changes every week to 10 days to keep the water quality high and the fish healthy. 8 PS Hello JonV, haven't seen you on here in a while, hope everything is good with you. Jon is very smart and his answer is as good or better than most.
No, actually you do not have it on 20's lol however, yes that is a low profile tire.
Sorry, you don't have a 225/45 R18 on a set of 20s. Your wheel size is 18.
Bio wheels are fine for any fish. You never change the wheel, but you do need to change the filter cartridges in them. There are cheaper options when it comes to the cartridges. Using filter pads that you cut to fit is much cheaper than buying new cartridges.
