I posted a thread about 2 months ago about carbons and bio wheels. Results!

[jsb]

It has been nearly two months now that I have removed my carbons, and my bio wheel from my emperor. I have my AquaC skimmer running the show. Let me put it to you this way...ALL MY ALGEA IS GONE!!!!! My tank had constant out breaks of algea. It would cover my entire sand bed. I'd have to scrape it up, and it would die off, and come back. I hated it. Getting rid of the Bio Wheel A.K.A Nitrate Factory, has helped so much. It has been recommended to throw a carbon filter in for a few days once a month. I think I'm going to start that soon. Anyway, I thought I'd share my results now that it has been a couple of months. The only problem I see now is...what are my turbos, and hermits, and emeralds going to eat now?

 

[meadbhb]

HIya,
Thanks for the post. I have the same filtration system. I guess I'll be pulling my bio wheel and carbon soon.
Meadbhb

 

[rjmang]

how much live rock do you have in your tank?

 

[jsb]

I'm guessing close to 50lbs. I started with about 25lbs, and bought about 20 lbs of dried out LR. So how should I measure that. Dry weight or wet weight?
I've got some extra pieces that are really small. I was thinking of putting those in the emperor. In place of the carbons. Any thoughts on that?
Here's a pic before I pulled the bio wheel, and this is how much LR I have in there now. I've really never weighed all of it to see how much I have. I've just guessed-imated.