Good filter?

[ZachariahBeanz]

I have the Bio-Wheel from Marineland, I’m planning on this tank being a reef tank, is this filter good?
PS.. My heater and other filtration is from Marineland too, are these products good?

 

[tzabor10]

What other filters? You will need to rinse out the filter often. That chore can be a pain. Most reefers go with filter socks or a skimmer

 

[aSaltyKlown]

What size tank? A HOB filter can be used, I'd remove the bio-wheel. Rock is the main filter in a reef tank and a HOB would be for larger particles and many people use them with filter floss as the media. Also to hold carbon and other media depending on how large the HOB filter is.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

bio wheels don't provide much benefit at all to a reef tank, you will need a whole inventory of new equipment. Really suggest that you do the research, saltwater is a whole different ball game, much harder and much more expensive.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

What most do is remove the biowheel and add rubble or some form of rock or media for marine bacteria. They can add chemipure or charcoal bag and filter floss. There are some good hang on back filters that are used due to space such as the aquaclear series. A filter may not even be needed if tank is small but doesnt hurt to have.
As others asked, what size tank and what do you plan to stock?

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

What size tank? A HOB filter can be used, I'd remove the bio-wheel. Rock is the main filter in a reef tank and a HOB would be for larger particles and many people use them with filter floss as the media. Also to hold carbon and other media depending on how large the HOB filter is.

I have a 20 gallon all in one

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

What most do is remove the biowheel and add rubble or some form of rock or media for marine bacteria. They can add chemipure or charcoal bag and filter floss. There are some good hang on back filters that are used due to space such as the aquaclear series. A filter may not even be needed if tank is small but doesnt hurt to have.
As others asked, what size tank and what do you plan to stock?

The tank in a 20 gallon all in one, and I’m planning on stocking it with a pair of Darwin clowns, and one other fish

 

[Beta reefs.]

They’re hanging on the back filter sucks evaporates so quickly that you have to top it off every hour or else it stop working doesn’t sound too bad until you realize a lot quickly

 

[Readywriter]

I have the Bio-Wheel from Marineland, I’m planning on this tank being a reef tank, is this filter good?
PS.. My heater and other filtration is from Marineland too, are these products good?

Generally speaking if it is sold as a product for fish tanks and you can buy it at a box store, steer clear. You could find a use for it but it wont be the advertised use.

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

Generally speaking if it is sold as a product for fish tanks and you can buy it at a box store, steer clear. You could find a use for it but it wont be the advertised use.

What filter would you recommend?

 

[Readywriter]

What filter would you recommend?

Live rocks and a protein skimmer

 

[tzabor10]

Maybe a remote display Refugium

 

[bblumberg]

An all-in-one tank should have built in filtration capability. Marineland makes relatively inexpensive systems and you often get what you pay for in this hobby.

The Biowheel is going to be a headache unless you clean it regularly. Biowheels are intended to provide biological filtration (converting relatively toxic ammonia excreted by fish gills into much less toxic nitrate). Live rock provides the same capability so your "filter" for a reef tank only needs to remove debris. Can you remove the Biowheel and replace it with aquarium safe sponges? Many small all-in-one tanks use sponges as debris filters in their first compartment. I ran a 24g nanocube as a mixed reef tank for quite a while this way.

As others have suggested, a skimmer will be a good addition to your tank if there is space for it. You can run a reef tank without a skimmer, but I would try not to.

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

Maybe a remote display Refugium

Live rocks and a protein skimmer

Unfortunately, these options don’t work, would you recommend anything else?

These are the things I’m working with, what would you swap them out with?

 

[ZachariahBeanz]

An all-in-one tank should have built in filtration capability. Marineland makes relatively inexpensive systems and you often get what you pay for in this hobby.

The Biowheel is going to be a headache unless you clean it regularly. Biowheels are intended to provide biological filtration (converting relatively toxic ammonia excreted by fish gills into much less toxic nitrate). Live rock provides the same capability so your "filter" for a reef tank only needs to remove debris. Can you remove the Biowheel and replace it with aquarium safe sponges? Many small all-in-one tanks use sponges as debris filters in their first compartment. I ran a 24g nanocube as a mixed reef tank for quite a while this way.

As others have suggested, a skimmer will be a good addition to your tank if there is space for it. You can run a reef tank without a skimmer, but I would try not to.

Yeah, I can definitely do sponges, would you say any are better than others?

 

[VintageReefer]

Oh I know this tank I had one years ago

 

[VintageReefer]

Oh I know this tank I had one years ago

What’s the name of this tank so I can look up the filtration areas

Is this an eclipse ?

 

[VintageReefer]

I think this is the exhibit 20 right?

Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

The Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium is one of the newest all in one fish tanks from one of the hobby’s oldest companies. First announced in January of last year, due to the lockdowns we just…

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[ZachariahBeanz]

I think this is the exhibit 20 right?

Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

The Marineland Exhibit Series Wifi Aquarium is one of the newest all in one fish tanks from one of the hobby’s oldest companies. First announced in January of last year, due to the lockdowns we just…

reefbuilders.com

Yeah, it’s not the same tank, but it’s all the same equipment

 

[VintageReefer]

Is filtration like this