"If the BIO-wheels stop turning, the water is still going into the filter, through the filter media and back out into the tank...how would it cause tanks to go cloudy and fish to die? All that's not happening is the BIO-wheels are not turning. They still stay wet, they'll still have bacteria on them as the filter media and insides of the filter will still have as well."
The bottom stayed wet, the top dried out. White cloudiness is a bacterial bloom, unplug a filter for a couple of days & add an airstone for some aeration, you will get the same thing. Add in some messy fish such as a common plec & a couple of id sharks, and with the filter combo he was running it was a problem waiting to happen.
The bottom stayed wet, the top dried out. White cloudiness is a bacterial bloom, unplug a filter for a couple of days & add an airstone for some aeration, you will get the same thing. Add in some messy fish such as a common plec & a couple of id sharks, and with the filter combo he was running it was a problem waiting to happen.
