i think i killed my bacteria

gotseamonkey · 03-31-2007, 05:10 PM

i have a marineland penguin power filter with the bio wheel as my source of filtration. woke up one night and turned it off cuz the fan was clogged and was making a bunch of weird noises. few days later i remember i turned it off that night. ( i was 80% asleep when this happened)

so question is... is all my bacteria on the wheel and filter dead?! do i have to start over 7 months of bacteria building?? my nitrates are still undetectable though

wozza · 03-31-2007, 05:54 PM

i may be wrong but i would say some of them will have died off but there will still be more on there left to do the job!

CSeaSee · 03-31-2007, 06:11 PM

You'll be just fine... don't worry about a thing.

03-31-2007, 05:10 PM	#1
gotseamonkey Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: san jose, ca Posts: 34	i think i killed my bacteria i have a marineland penguin power filter with the bio wheel as my source of filtration. woke up one night and turned it off cuz the fan was clogged and was making a bunch of weird noises. few days later i remember i turned it off that night. ( i was 80% asleep when this happened) so question is... is all my bacteria on the wheel and filter dead?! do i have to start over 7 months of bacteria building?? my nitrates are still undetectable though

03-31-2007, 05:54 PM	#2
wozza Mayor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: uk, devon Posts: 886	Re: i think i killed my bacteria i may be wrong but i would say some of them will have died off but there will still be more on there left to do the job! __________________ Betta lifespace 16lts OH YEAH!!!! going live in sept

03-31-2007, 06:11 PM	#3
CSeaSee Mayor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 664	Re: i think i killed my bacteria You'll be just fine... don't worry about a thing. __________________ Carl Just tell your wife that having a tank teaches you all sorts of new DIY skills...which will save lots of money around the house...so you can buy more stuff for your tank...so you can learn more skills...

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