Slime on glass

[JamesWeaver]

Well I have some sort of slime on the glass of my tank. I have to scrub the tank about 3 days a week like a really good scrubbing. After I scrub it the tank looks awesome when it’s there it looks cloudy even though the water is crystal clear. What is it? And what can I do about it?

 

[Diesel]

It might just bacteria or form of algae.

 

[lapin]

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Well I have some sort of slime on the glass of my tank. I have to scrub the tank about 3 days a week like a really good scrubbing. After I scrub it the tank looks awesome when it’s there it looks cloudy even though the water is crystal clear. What is it? And what can I do about it?

Without more info about your tank and perhaps a picture I cant say. For now keep scraping and scrubbing.

 

[JamesWeaver]

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Without more info about your tank and perhaps a picture I cant say. For now keep scraping and scrubbing.

I hope this helps. I scraped the front and sides already. What other i for do you need?

 

[lzrlvr]

Show a photo before you clean the slime off the glass

 

[Reeferdood]

Are you carbon dosing? If not I would say it is typical algae buildup.

 

[JamesWeaver]

Show a photo before you clean the slime off the glass

Those photos were of the back glass which were not cleaned

 

[JamesWeaver]

Are you carbon dosing? If not I would say it is typical algae buildup.

Not I am not carbon dosing. I was in the beginning of the tank but haven’t been for about 2 months now. How would I go about getting rid of this?

 

[Reeferdood]

Not I am not carbon dosing. I was in the beginning of the tank but haven’t been for about 2 months now. How would I go about getting rid of this?

Algae magnets work well for manual removal.
UV sterilization can also slow algae growth on the glass as well..

 

[JamesWeaver]

Algae magnets work well for manual removal.
UV sterilization can also slow algae growth on the glass as well..

I am running a UV already. Maybe time to upgrade

 

[lzrlvr]

Then don’t worry about it that’s normal in a new system

 

[Retro Reefer]

New tank uglies, UV will clear bacteria suspended in the water column but will do little for what’s growing on your glass or rock.. It should pass in time