good to know. I knew that it was unsafe to touch them, with your hands, but I wasn't sure if they were bad for the tank. Anyways I haven't seen that little guy in my tank for a while now, so I don't know if he is just hiding in the sand or he perished during cycling. I am leaning towards the latter.
For a small update, I think I got my protein skimmer adjusted properly now. It is filling with white foam about once a day, which I wasn't sure if it was working, but when somebody in another forum said to smell it to see if it is taking anything out I did and man did it stink. So I guess that mean it is working. It is also leaving a green residue on the sides of the collection cup where the foam touches, so I guess it is not perfectly white and clean lol.
Thats it for now, I do have one question though. Instead of doing one 10% water change a week, is it ok to do a small one each day. I am thinking like 2 cups of water a day. It is probably less than 2% of the tank, but I don't feel like doing the math, Well ok. 16 cups to a gallon means my tank has approx 8*16 cups =128 cups
2 cups per day * 7 days = 14 cups
14/128= 0.109
Therefore I am changing approx 11% of the tank per week, while causing less of a shock when I do it. Anyways does this work or did I miss something here?