Kiui1849
Community Member
I've had some algae problems with my tank as of the past two months off and on and recently; a CARPET took over the substrate of my sand. I haven't been able to get rid of it despite sifting the sand everyday and water changes and I've finally just decided to accept it. Then hair algae struck but it's gone now. More recently what at first appeared to be algae started growing on the rocks and immediately took over. It looks like someone coated the rocks with white slime (although at first it was a dull army green). No matter how hard I scrubbed them they never came clean and it would grow back in a matter of 2-3 days. Someone said it might be coralline algae but I've never seeded my tank with it so I don't know if it would just appear. Then even more recently white stuff started growing on the sides of my tanks. It looks like a spider popped in the tank. They're slimy, white, and stringy. While I was feeding the coral yesterday I accidentally rubbed on them and then a giant translucent slime stuck to my hand and boy did it STINK. Sometimes the strings on the wall are translucent too. The water is slightly cloudy if you put it in a clear container but PH, Ammonia, etc is all good. It has cross contaminated to both of my salt tanks and I cannot get rid of it. The cleanup crew refuses to touch any of it, I can't clean it up without completely draining the tank because it grows back so quickly, and it's taking over. Lighting doesn't appear to affect it either and now I'm worried because today the coral doesn't seem to be as happy.
