Rena XP3 and Marineland Bio-Wheel Pro 60

[Plan-B]

I want to connect a Bio-Wheel Pro 60 to the outlet line of one of my XP3’s. I’m not sure if this is even possible and I already see some problems. My tank has 4” of clearance between the back of it and the wall and can’t be moved. Also I have a 3D wood background so the Bio-Wheel could only hang down about 3-4” from the top lip of the aquarium.

If any of you have a Marineland Bio-Wheel Pro 60 (or 30 for that matter) maybe you could tell me the dimensions, i.e. unit size and how far it hangs out and down the back of your tank, and also how it’s set up, i.e. to a power head or canister or other.

Thanks,
Plan.

 

[canarsie11]

If you add it to the outlet, wont the water already be clean by the time it gets to the bio wheel?

 

[Plan-B]

Well I would hope it would be clean but the extra wet/dry filtering wouldn’t hurt right. I went and looked at one and now I’m not sure if it would be worth it.

It looks like clearance will not be a problem but I encountered new ones. The intake on the 18” long pro 60 is right in the middle then water flows to two wheels, one on either side. This means a hose running down the middle of the back glass. I don’t want to do this because I have a large, flat piece of driftwood mounted on the wall behind the tank. It fills 70% of the back glass and at first most people think it’s in the tank. They always ask me how I glued it to the glass. lol. All inlet and outlet lines, heaters and air lines are set up as close to the corners as possible. I figure I can set it up to look nice if I only use half the bio-wheel pro 60. i.e. the pro 30. But only 7” of bio-wheel on a 90 gallon tank seems kind of pointless to me. Please tell me what you think.

Thanks,
Plan.

 

[canarsie11]

okay

 

[PaintballFan07]

how much are u going to pay for the marineland bio pro 60? because you could get this http/petsolutions.com/product.asp?pn=47490038 for $88.99.very good price in my opinion. Im trying to talk my dad into buying it for me.

 

[Plan-B]

What you see there is the Bio-wheel pro 60 with the magnium canister included. I already have a XP3 canister and want to attach the bio-wheel to it. If I needed the magnium canister I would say thats a great deal.