Eclipse Hex 5 Tank

[T r u L u]

I have upgraded to this tank with the bio-wheel. Is the bio-wheel better
than say an Aqua Clear hob? I got 2 differing opinions from the store
ppl. The manager said both are good. Clerk said Bio wheel is the best.
In my new 5 gallon, I have a dwarf gourami, a tiny corycat, a baby honey
gourami (he's so cute!) and an african albino baby clawed frog. They all
get along fine and seem to love the bigger hex tank.

I realize that when Kermit gets big, he will have to be removed before
my fish become his lunch.

I am testing ammonia levels every night, and doing water changes. My
question is, if I keep doing water changes, will my tank ever cycle? Or
should I let the ammonia levels stay high until the cycle kicks in?


LuAnn

[ExPat]

On May 16, 10:15*pm, (T r u L u) wrote:
> I have upgraded to this tank with the bio-wheel. Is the bio-wheel better
> than say an Aqua Clear hob? I got 2 differing opinions from the store
> ppl. The manager said both are good. Clerk said Bio wheel is the best.
> In my new 5 gallon, I have a dwarf gourami, a tiny corycat, a baby honey
> gourami (he's so cute!) and an african albino baby clawed frog. They all
> get along fine and seem to love the bigger hex tank.
>
> I realize that when Kermit gets big, he will have to be removed before
> my fish become his lunch.
>
> I am testing ammonia levels every night, and doing water changes. My
> question is, if I keep doing water changes, will my tank ever cycle? Or
> should I let the ammonia levels stay high until the cycle kicks in?
>
> LuAnn

YOu really never learn do you Lu. YOur still dealing with a small tank
like you had before only difference is the shape. DUH! Why ask the
same old questions over and over that you already asked. The answers
are going to be the same as before even with a NEW HEX tank....things
do not change..................Why ask whats better after thew fact
when yo already bought what you did. Enjoy havingto pay higher prices
for filter media replacment and other odds and ends when an Aqua Clear
is essentially free of additional maintenance charges or at least
outrageous propreitary media prices. Evidently everyone here is
going about it the wrong way and we are the ones that should be asking
you how to do things. Of course your LFS says biowheel is better they
get to sell replacment meida at oputrageous prices to unsuspecting
fools that do not have a clue! I think your money would have been
better spent if you bought a good book as recomended previously,
instead of a 5 gal hex tank and bio wheel filter!

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no.. the biowheel is not better than something like a whisper with a filter bag and
a container holds water if the electricity goes off.

On Fri, 16 May 2008 23:15:18 -0400, (T r u L u) wrote:

>I have upgraded to this tank with the bio-wheel. Is the bio-wheel better
>than say an Aqua Clear hob? I got 2 differing opinions from the store
>ppl. The manager said both are good. Clerk said Bio wheel is the best.
>In my new 5 gallon, I have a dwarf gourami, a tiny corycat, a baby honey
>gourami (he's so cute!) and an african albino baby clawed frog. They all
>get along fine and seem to love the bigger hex tank.
>
>I realize that when Kermit gets big, he will have to be removed before
>my fish become his lunch.
>
>I am testing ammonia levels every night, and doing water changes. My
>question is, if I keep doing water changes, will my tank ever cycle? Or
>should I let the ammonia levels stay high until the cycle kicks in?
>
>
>LuAnn

[T r u L u]

No. I had a 2.5 gallon before this one.
I can't have huge tanks with my limited space. The tank is pretty tall.
The bio-wheel is working well, and spins as long as I keep the water
level to the top.

[ExPat]

On May 18, 12:59*am, (T r u L u) wrote:
> No. I had a 2.5 gallon before this one.
> I can't have huge tanks with my limited space. The tank is pretty tall.
> The bio-wheel is working well, and spins as long as I keep the water
> level to the top.

So then whats your problem other than crowding fish into a tank that
is much too small and taking advice of shop oweners looking to make a
profit over what is really right. You had a bunch of folks tell you
to go with a HOB filter such as whisper or aqua clear already so what
part of that do you not or did you not understand? Not being able to
keep a larger tank is one thing, but buying too many fish or the wrong
types of fish knowingly is another.

[T r u L u]

I don't think my tank is "crowded."
As I said, I have a dwarf gourami, a tiny clawed frog, a baby gourami,
and a small corycat.

No "problem" I guess. The water is crystal clear.
Some ppl seem to swear by Aqua filters, and others, the biowheels.
Since I've never owned an Aqua filter, I can't comment.

I would like to say that I read a user review by a person that has had
every kind of filter setup over the years, and said they would never
have anything now, but a biowheel.