<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6956551#post6956551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mrs.kbmdale
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Sounds like all it was was a bristle worm, which like stated above is perfectly safe. They eat detritus, uneaten food, and any dead/rotting anything. The bug looking things were most likely pods, again these are good. Have you heard the ticking noise since taking out the filter?? I wouldn't put the bio wheel back, major nitrate factory. Hope you get it are biowheels really nitrate factories???
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6956926#post6956926 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bjonesjr1
When your talking about Bio-Wheels I have (2) emperor 400's on my 55 gallon tank which means it has 4 bio-wheels 2 per unit, Should I take those off the filter and let it do its thing without them because the other night when I did my tests on my water I came up with 20-25ppm in nitrates ??? thanks for the help
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6957703#post6957703 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by XeniaMania
I don't know about taking them off. They're doing their job which is why you have nitrates. The nitrogen cycle goes Ammonia>Nitrite>Nitrate. If you have plants or denitrifying sand bed, or some other sort of denitrifier, then your Nitrates will go down. I think if you take out the wheels, you'll see a slower increase in Nitrates, but also a climb in your ammonia which is a no no. But never a decrease in Nitrates without some way of removing or converting them.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6962426#post6962426 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paintbug
removing them will not increase your ammonia or nitrites. they are removed by bacteria, them same bacteria that grows in the bio-wheels grows on all the surfaces in your tank. but that bacteria cant break down nitrates. and having to much of that bacteria will cause the nitrates to be high in your system, basicly.