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Cleaning an Emperor 400...

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#1 ·
Anyone have any tips on cleaning out an Emperor 400 biowheel? As I suspect it is the primary source of my diatom problem, I'm planning on giving it a good bleach dip this week, probably in coordination with a tank cleaning (replacing with R/O water) and a good glass scrubbing to eliminate a good chunk of my diatom problem.

So before I do this, anyone got any specific recommendations to get the job done thoroughly?

Thanks.
 
#5 ·
There's no need to clean it out, but if you really need to, just let it dry out.
 
#6 ·
No intention of cleaning the biowheels, just the filter casing itself. It hasn't had a good scrubbing in a year, and I suspect there is a healthy culture of diatoms living within the housing. I could be wrong, of course. I know there was plenty of green algae living on the lips the water pours down.
 
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