Soft spongy matter on rock

[nzkiwi80]

My system is a little over a year old. I've got a couple of clowns and a Blue tang all happy

I also have a few corals.

I went into the ugly system stage with soft spongy junk on my rock but i've never really come out of it. How long should it last? What's the best way to remove it and speed it up? I've got no substrate in my system so get junk on the bottom

 

[Subsea]

In reading your different thread titles, I will guess that you have very little diversity in your CUC. Consider micro inverts starting with amphipods, copepods and moving on up to snails and other consumers of detritus.

After one year of posting threads with the same problems (lack of janitors) and diversity in your CUC. I suggest you start a tank journal so that information is in one place.

 

[nzkiwi80]

Any previous threads would be for a different system.

 

[Subsea]

Any previous threads would be for a different system.

You have been very busy for a newbie.

 

[nzkiwi80]

Looking for some actual advise vs someone trying to predict my life.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Does it blow off the rocks easily? Is it spreading or just not going away? Have you attempted to scrub it off the rock (in or out of the tank)? If so, did it come back?

 

[kevgib67]

Google chrysophytes algae. It is a tough one and I hope I’m wrong.

 

[nzkiwi80]

Does it blow off the rocks easily? Is it spreading or just not going away? Have you attempted to scrub it off the rock (in or out of the tank)? If so, did it come back?

Yes and a lot of it can be sucked up with a siphon or being lightly disturbed