Bio wheel question

gobie1138

New Member
I'm starting up a 36G and have a Marineland Emperor 400 Filter on it.
my question is after I put the turbo start in do I need to take out the filter
cartridge for the bacteria to get to the bio wheel ?
 

nitschke65

Member
I hope you're starting with some live rock. I'd say leave the cartridge in (forever) just flush it every week or two to remove any accumulated detritus. (i.e. use it for simple mechanical filtration, but don't replace it since new cartridges will have fresh carbon. I don't have any experience with turbo start, but, if I'd been given some to start a tank, I'd throw it out.
 
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