Phase out Biowheel

[jbesse]

Hi all:

I finally did it! I ordered the AquaC Remora Pro (Factory second with minor blemish at a great discount as suggested by Kevin 1000). I am planning on adding more LR to bring total to 50 lbs in my 46 gallon tank. My question is, how do I phase out the emperor 280 with biowheel? Should I take off the entire filter, or just take out the biowheel?

46g
ssb
AquaC Remora Pro w/mag3 drive
3 fish
1 blood shrimp

[reefBoyDc]

I think you should be fine removing the whole thing. Compared to the LR already in your tank, the bio wheel provides little biofiltation.

[jbesse]

Thanks for the info. I'm going to go ahead and remove the emperor. Sometimes its hard to let go of the old way of doing things.

[Loverotties]

How much rock do you have now? and how much of a load.If you only have a little amount of rock and a large load,I would do the wheel 1st then a sleave at a time unless there is only 1 sleave then get rid of the rest at 2nd step.

[jbesse]

I have 3 fish and 20 lbs rock. My plan is to buy more lr, cure and bring to 50 lbs in the tank before I remove the biowheel. I am not sure what you mean by sleaves.