Need help identifying this algae or bacteria

avanmg88

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I've had this bacteria or algae growth all over my tank now for a little over a week. It first started on the back glass about a month ago but has now spread throughout the other glass panels and aquascape. I've tried manual removal but it came back in a week. I just used chemi-clean to knock it out and it did nothing. I'm at a loss of what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

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Is it white and hard? Any chance it's your calcium precipitating out? What's your alk/calc? Are you dosing?
 
Looks like bacteria, maybe. What are you dosing your aquarium with?
 
Is it white and hard? Any chance it's your calcium precipitating out? What's your alk/calc? Are you dosing?
It's actually soft and slimy with this brown tint. I'm not dosing but my alk is 9.5 and calc is 410.
 

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