Bio wheels? Are they any good at all?

Margolis wrote:

Check out the scientific literature by the director of Marineland
on that site as well.

yup, that certainly is an unbiased analysis of biowheels ;op

http://www.marineland.com/drtims_peerreview.asp


The peer-reviewed literature on the Marineland site doesn't discuss
bio-wheels. Just some potentially interesting articles on matters
related to fishkeeping.


--
Eric Schreiber
www.ericschreiber.com

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:21:37 -0800, "Billy"
wrote:



"Dick" wrote in message
.. .
|
| I will say a good word for underwater bios. I have a 29 gallon
JEBO
| glass tank with a built in filtration system. It has small ceramic
| donuts as part of the filtration. This tank is consistently clear
and
| clean.
|

As an aside, clarity of water has little or nothing to do with the
health of the tank, or the suitability of the water to support fish.


Clear and clean may not mean healthy, but it sure is nicer to look at.
As far as health, the Jebo tank fish are colorful, active, and
peaceful. The plants are growing well. I have had this tank up for a
year and a half. My two year old 75 gallon tank has many more fish
that are equally healthy by my standards, but usually has more
suspended particles even with two Penquin 330s. I think I can reduce
the visible particles by changing the filtration media. I ordered
several types last week and look forward to playing with this.

Clean and clear is nice.

dick

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:36:54 -0000, "Donegal Paul"
wrote:

Hi all, im a little confused by these, are they actually of any real benefit
at all?

Ive seen some on ebay and they claim to remove nitrites and ammonia and can
help with oxygenation etc?

So, are they any good and does anyone know of any in the uk as all the ebay
ones seem to be US ones pretty much.

All I know, dude, is that the tank will cycle a lot faster with a
biowheel. After that, whether the biowheel deal is any good or not, I
do not know.