Alge help
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
What does it look like normally? (Before it's been sitting in your filter?)
Calireefer92
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Like that. It’s all in the sump and gets in the display tank on the rocks
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Looks like bacteria.Hey reefers need help I have no idea what’s growing in my tank I keep syphon in it out just keeps coming back I’ll add photos tank has been up for a little over 2 years
Calireefer92
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Just let it be?
Ro Bow
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no I would remove it.
Calireefer92
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Anything I can add to remove it? I keep trying to suck it out but still comes back
Ro Bow
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I'd get a hose and spray it with as much force as possible on the mesh. I am unsure there is anything you can add to remove it. @brandon429
DaJMasta
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Do you carbon dose? I saw some of this build up on my filtration media and even in my skimmer when carbon dosing fairly heavily, gradually backed down the amount and it eventually stopped building up.
Miami Reef
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Carbon dosing will surely grow bacteria. But I can’t say I’ve seen this before. I always thought the bacteria was a whitish color.
DaJMasta
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I've had whitish water from bacterial blooms, but I was surprised at how much of this gelatinous, even snotty, bacterial slime I got out of my last trip through higher doses. The growth slowed substantially when dialed back, and just recently my skimmer started working way more powerfully and a week or two I moved from 3mL a day to 2mL a day 
It pays to get out the gunk, and it seems to like high flow (the other concentration was around the edges of some filter media in the media caddy).
It pays to get out the gunk, and it seems to like high flow (the other concentration was around the edges of some filter media in the media caddy).
