"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:UVp9i.3127$6h.2010@trnddc08...
ITGuy wrote:
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?

Bristle worms eat things much more substantial than the crud a skimmer
removes. Something else is killing your worms.

Actually I looked and they are alive. I think someone else hit the nail on
the head. The bubbles are sticking to them and lifting them to the top of
the tank.

So I guess the question is, will the bubbles in the tank start to go away
once the skimmer is broken in and it starts foaming?