Marineland Penguin 100

[dcarmor927]

my penguin 100 filter's bio wheel is not spinning properly...its goes at normal speed for a rotation then pauses for a bit then rotates again then pauses and so on...is there anything i can/should do? i dont know if this is even a problem, just making sure...

Thanks in advance!

 

[waterdrop]

Have you tried removing the wheel and examining the contact points? Perhaps they just need to be cleaned.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[dcarmor927]

yea i took it out and gave em a little rub and nothing changed...the water flow from the filter is constant, so thats not it either

Thanks for the reply!

 

[fapjat]

I had the same problem with my biowheels until I started messing with the filter cartridges. I noticed if I pulled the cartridges up then the water from the filter would be released higher from a higher point thus getting more contact with the biowheel. The cartridges just get heavy after a while and sag a bit from all the debre from the tank. Keep you water level high and cartridges pulled up every so often is my advice to you.

 

[dcarmor927]

I had the same problem with my biowheels until I started messing with the filter cartridges. I noticed if I pulled the cartridges up then the water from the filter would be released higher from a higher point thus getting more contact with the biowheel. The cartridges just get heavy after a while and sag a bit from all the debre from the tank. Keep you water level high and cartridges pulled up every so often is my advice to you.

Thanks for the reply! ill try that for sure...it seems to have its good days and bad ones...sometimes i can barely notice the pause, others i think its stuck for good...