Often a new skimmer will send more bubbles into the
tank until it's broken in, but I'd be making some
adjustments now to stop the bubbles from going into
the tank.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/6/2007 10:59 AM:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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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?