Look to see if you are getting so many bubbles in
the tank, that the bubbles are sticking to the
worms, and floating them up.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ITGuy wrote on 6/5/2007 8:39 AM:
Well here is something I noticed this morning. Quite a few bristleworms,
can't tell if they are dead or not, floating at the top towards the back of
the tank. I heard that a skimmer removes the proteins that some of the
clean up crew need. If this is the case, could I be killing my clean up
crew with the skimmer?


"ITGuy" wrote in message
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I bought a new skimmer and this is my first time ever using one.

It is a hang on the tank type and is rated for 180 gallons, but I have it
on an already established 30 gallon tank. Reason I got it so big is I
plan on setting up a 55 gallon in the near future.

Anyway, it seems to operate...the column is filled with bubbles. But no
gunk is coming out and the return water puts lots of micro bubbles in my
tank.

Am I doing anything wrong, or have I just not had it set up long enough.
This is the first day its in operation.

I even stirred up the tank so that some of the crap rose up into the tank
hoping it would suck alot of it out.