Sustainable Aquatics introduced the Wheely Complete Bio Processor in 2014, marketing this device as “Powerful Biofiltration for Heavily-Stocked Systems”. Matthew Carberry personally delivered one to me at the 5th Annual Marine Breeders Workshop in July, and I brought it home where it sat in the box for a couple months while life simply got in the way; I officially installed it on my larviculture system towards the end of October.
在此系统上运行轮子完成之前，我一直在使用一个非常标准的DIY生物过滤器单元。一个明亮的橙色家得宝5加仑桶，里面装有生物库；底部的Bioball被浸没了，有时在顶部的Bioball以更典型的“湿/干”配置运行。也没有机械过滤。Wheely Complete将成为一个进步。
So what is the Wheely Complete? In short, it’s a remake of Marineland’s Commercial Biowheel. As SA tells it, they first tried to obtain only the Biowheel portion of Marineland’s filtration systems for use in the SA hatchery, but weren’t able to obtain only this part. Since the patent on this biowheel had expired, SA did what most handy folks do when they can’t get what they want; they make it themselves. The resulting product is SA’s Wheely Complete.
So no, this isn’t really “new” in terms of being some groundbreaking device you’ve never seen before. And no, this probably isn’t what you necessarily want to throw on your reef tank (folks just got over wet dry filters with bioballs and DLS rolls, right?). This is a new product offering meant for applications where serious amounts of biological filtration are required.
那么轮毂是如何滚动的呢？首先，拆箱。
我应该指出，这是一个早期的预生产模型，因此您的外观或包装看起来可能略有不同。一旦开箱即用，我就可以剥离这些图层以查看Wheely Complete的设置和构造。它的设计旨在从机械过滤层开始，在第一个托盘中易于访问的标准键蓝色滤清器。
Removing the blue pad reveals the design of the upper tray.
Removing the upper tray shows reveals the drip tray, where the water is funneled to only one side in order to turn the biological filtration wheel below.
Removing that tray reveals the wheel.
Next, a closeup of the wheel’s axel, and the wheel’s biological filtration substrate.
The wheel is easily removed from the carriage / frame.
轮毂完整的安装非常顺利。我必须首先拆卸我先前存在的“存储桶”设置，包括保留所有BioBalls。最初到位后，我将尽可能多的Bioball扔到滴水托盘上，以帮助开始播种轮子。其余的生物室只是暂时漂浮在污水中。
And this is how the initial setup looked. At this point, I should note the following; the tall cascade of water had me concerned, but that was going to be an easy fix. I just needed to cut a new section of PVC pipe to bring the water down from the drain feed above.
More concerning was the setup of the Wheely itself. Initially the wheel turned very slowly, being submerged roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the way. I was further concerned about bioballs getting stuck in the wheel, which did in fact ultimately happen. Over the next few days the wheel just sat there, not turning, until I had time to do the next steps of installation.
Referring back to the design of the Wheely Complete as shown above, I’d like to point out the “feet” on the device.
再看一下上图；这些脚实际上是为了进行高度调节的设计。轮毂完整的一侧有溢出方式，旨在使水通过车轮并越过车轮后退出马车的底部。基本上，我们希望溢洪道在水位上或略高于水位。这种设计允许与车轮的水接触量。因此，我需要提高我的单位。这很容易通过1/2英寸的PVC管切成适当的长度的4个短部分，并插入设备底部的“脚”中。
That said, I didn’t get to raising up the unit for about a week, during which time water was flowing over the wheel, but the wheel was not turning. When I finally correct things, the wheel was terribly out of balance, and at first had a hard time spinning. Within about another week’s time however, the wheel spun smoothly and continuously. Note to users out there – be ready to adjust the height when you set it up so you can avoid this headache.
After four months of use, I’m pleased to say that the Wheely has never stopped turning and appears to do a good job. I’ve taken to placing a small section of poly filter on top of the blue bonded pad, and swapping that out has worked well. My system runs at a pretty low flow, but it’s enough to turn the wheel all the same.
I’ve continued to leave my bioballs in the sump, slowly removing them as-needed to help instantly seed on-demand quarantine tanks I might need to set up. At this point I’ve pulled most of the media, and I had no problems transitioning from my DIY hack job to something substantially more “professional grade” than a drilled 5 gallon bucket!
You can find technical specifications and more in the白纸section of Sustainable Aquatics’ website, includingthis PDF filespelling out more specs and installation options. I think the best way to sum up the Wheely Complete is that it’s an easy to apply classic high capacity wet/dry type filtration design, but is easily adapted to multiple DIY options where purchasing an all in one biological filter and sump isn’t really what you’re going for.
This item was furnished without charge for use and review, but this in no way has any bearing on our opinions and views of any product.
