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BIO-Wheel
Filters for Aquariums |
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The top picture shows the Eclipse Aquarium Hood on
my Aquarium with the cover of the hood open. The red arrow points to the BIO-Wheel filter in the hood. |
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Here is a closer view of the BIO-Wheel filter
with the folded pleats that increase the surface area to provide more living space for the bacteria. This
BIO-Wheel is new and has not yet been populated by bacteria. |
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| The advertisement, shown below, links to
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1. We Recommend BIO-Wheels
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in aquarium filters such as the Penguin Filters,
the Emperor Filters, and the Eclipse Aquarium Hoods.
An Eclipse Aquarium Hood is shown above with its
built-in BIO-Wheel.
All of these filters
are made by Marineland Inc. This page contains an
explanation of why we recommend filters with BIO-Wheels
over all other filters for all freshwater aquariums.
At the bottom of
this page is link to the page in Marineland's web
site, which contains more information about their
Penguin BIO-Wheel Filters. Click
here now to buy a BIO-Wheel Filter.
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2.
Water Filtration is Very Important ...
to the health
of the fish, living in aquariums. Click
here
to go to another page in this web site with information
about the three stages of Water Filtration.
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3.
Biological Filtration ...
of aquarium water is performed by living bacteria.
These bacteria are often called beneficial bacteria
to distinguish them from the pathogenic bacteria
that cause diseases. Click
here
for more information about biological filtration.
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4. Biological
Filters ...
are generally devices that provide living space
for the beneficial bacteria that perform the biological
filtration that was mentioned in paragraph 3 above.
Most biological
filters are limited by the amount of oxygen that
is dissolved in the water, and oxygen is not very
soluble in water. In fact, aquarium water rarely
has more than 7 ppm (parts per million) of oxygen.
So biological
filters, that rely completely on the water flowing
through them to provide oxygen for their bacteria,
are limited by the small amount of oxygen that's
dissolved in the water.
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this advertiser's web site. |
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Click
here to hear a
Special Interview on Pet Fish Talk about the EcoBio-Block
Family of Products, which are very effective at keeping
aquarium water clear. |
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Under gravel filters, canister filters,
sponge filters, and especially fluidized bed filters
are almost always starved for oxygen. They have
lots of fish waste and lots of surface area with
lots of bacteria, but the water in these filters
lacks an abundant supply of oxygen for the bacteria.
So all of these types
of filters are greatly limited by the small amount
of oxygen in the water that flows through them.
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5. BIO-Wheels ...
spinning in the air and water, are not limited by
the amount of oxygen in the water. Air is 20% oxygen,
that is 200,000 ppm compared with the 7 ppm in water,
and the abundant oxygen in the air rapidly replenishes
the oxygen at the surface of the water, such as
on the surfaces of a BIO-Wheel. So the water on
the surfaces of the BIO-Wheel is always very rich
in oxygen.
The
beneficial bacteria living on the BIO-Wheel are
able to use the abundant oxygen in the water that's
on the BIO-Wheel to rapidly oxidize the fish waste
that's also dissolved in the water.
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6. BIO-Wheels
are Self-Cleaning.
A BIO-Wheel in one of our Eclipse Aquarium Hoods
has been running for many months without any maintenance.
Of course every few
weeks we replace the filter pad, which is separated
from the BIO-Wheel, and changing this filter pad
takes only a minute or two.
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Click
here
to hear
a Special Interview with Dr. Tim Hovanec about One And Only
- Nitrifying Bacteria, which can help keep aquarium water clear
and odor free. |
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Because the Filtering Media moves
as the BIO-Wheels spin, the BIO-Wheels are able
to adjust to a rapid increase in the amount of fish
waste, as might happen in a fish store, when the
aquariums are restocked from the fish wholesaler.
But filters,
such as canister filters, with filtering media that
does not move will
not respond quickly to an increased bio-load, and
the amount of waste in the water will increase for
about two days, until the bacteria can respond to
the increased bio-load.
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BIO-Wheels
use very little energy. A filter with a BIO-Wheel
needs to pump the water only a few inches above
the water level in the aquarium, and there is practically
no backpressure, so filters with BIO-Wheels require
very little energy. |
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Click
here to go on to another page in this web
site that contains Customer Comments and our Replies
about Aquarium Filters with BIO-Wheels.
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A Comment
to Potential Advertisers
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