Weblike Film on corals developing

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Hello,

Over the past few weeks I am starting to get this "web" like film forming on some of the corals. It seems to be getting worse and worst each day.

I have an algae scrubber that has been on the tank for about a month now. I removed my skimmer in place of the scrubber. Other then that I started dosing Vibrant to get rid of bubble algae and cyano. I have been doing that weekly at a rate of 1ml per 10 gallons so about 5 ml on my 65g. Any advice on how to get rid of this stuff or should it just go away after the algae die off? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello,

Over the past few weeks I am starting to get this "web" like film forming on some of the corals. It seems to be getting worse and worst each day.

I have an algae scrubber that has been on the tank for about a month now. I removed my skimmer in place of the scrubber. Other then that I started dosing Vibrant to get rid of bubble algae and cyano. I have been doing that weekly at a rate of 1ml per 10 gallons so about 5 ml on my 65g. Any advice on how to get rid of this stuff or should it just go away after the algae die off? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Have you seen any vermatid snails?
 
I have and have gotten rid of them like the plaque. When I see them I have super glued their sorry butt. This doesn't appear to be snails as the weblike junk is gathering on the walls and over and on top of corals. I am VERY familiar with the V snails and I have got rid of any I have seen. Usually I can tell where they are from where the web starts. These seem a little more like "new tank syndrome" bacteria. Lots of Cyano also popping up.
 
That is my thought. Any advice on getting rid of it along with the Cyano. I have been dosing Vibrant as I was told this should do the trick. I am not sure how long it takes to work. I have been dosing it Bi-Weekly. Also not sure if it is having some issues with my Algae Scrubber. I was thinking it might have something to do with the reef energy as well. According to red sea manual - "Typical signs of overdosing are the development of a grey/brown bio-film on the live rocks and outbreaks of algae." So I might be overdosing that. I am only dosing 6ML per day. My tank is about a 65ga. It says to dose 2ML per 25Ga. Guess I could start to go less on that as well.
 

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