first time using skimmer

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.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

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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?

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?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
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.

Well it seems to only way to do that is to reduce the air to almost nothing,
then what happens is the cup overflows with just sal****er.




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?

What brand skimmer do you have?
Dose it have a water flow adjuster?
What happens if you open the air all the way up?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/6/2007 2:49 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
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.

Well it seems to only way to do that is to reduce the air to almost nothing,
then what happens is the cup overflows with just sal****er.



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?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
What brand skimmer do you have?
Dose it have a water flow adjuster?
What happens if you open the air all the way up?

Just to try it, I got one of those Jebo 180 with an AP1500 power head.

It produces good micro bubbles in the chamber. It has an air adjustment
valve. If I open it all the way up, the water level goes to the bottom of
the collection cup tube. If I close it, it overflows with water.

I am keeping it open right now where the water level is at the bottom of the
collection cup tube. I think it might have worked because the cup was clean
when I left, and when I got home there was a little water and gunk in the
cup. But no foam like I've seen in a few videos.




Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


ONJ wrote on 6/6/2007 2:49 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
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.

Well it seems to only way to do that is to reduce the air to almost
nothing, then what happens is the cup overflows with just sal****er.



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?

If you put an egg white in the tank, you will see
some foam :-) hehehehe

When you open the air wide open, do you still get a
lot of air bubbles in the tank?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets