Bio Wheel For Reef ?

[murph213]

Is it ok to use a bio wheel for a reef set - up? I have an emporer
400. from what I understand , the live rock handles the bio load.
is this correct?
thanks......

 

[cpl40475]

the live rock and live sand handle the filtration. are you running a sump/refugium? If not might make the emp400 a small refugium. From what i ve seen others on here say you do not want or need the bio wheels at all.

 

[mg426]

The Bio wheel can be used or not used. keep a close eyeon your Nitrates if you run the Bio wheel. I use an emperor 280 with the Bio wheel removed to run Carbon only.

 

[mskohl]

the biowheels are fine to start with. When your nitrates start climbing and you can't get them down with water changes, it's time for a sump/refugium. Just drop the wheels in for a week or two and your nitrates will drop and your sump will be seeded.

 

[rayvette]

Agree with the other responses. I too have run an Emperor 400 for the past 3 months or so. I recently had some issues with my nitrate levels and after reading another post, I decided to remove both of them. Have been without them now for about 2 weeks. My nitrate levels dropped a little as a result.

Never thought about running the Empreror as a refugium....will give it some thought.