madsalt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Ok so I am still new to the saltwater tank hobby. Everything is going great as far as I can tell. One thing I am noticing is a clear slime growing on some of the rocks. This slime is not green, brown or any other color, just clear with some white specs in it. Any idea what this is? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Can you blow it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Cyano, I had a clear variant last week. Do you have a skimmer? Are you running carbon? How are your exporting dissolved organics? If none, then cyano will flourish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 There's another thread going that may be helpful. Red Slime Algae Also, check out this one: I like cyno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Juiceman - I cannot blow it off DerrickH - right now I do not have a skimmer, no space for a HOB so I have to wait until I can get my sump put together so I can put it in there. Right now just filtering with fluval fx5 and the oh so cumbersome frequent water change, more so than normal. No carbon at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Dose chemiclean and call it a day. Stuff rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm guessing this tank is pretty new. It takes many months (8 - 12) for a tank to "mature" and during this time a variety of algaes pop up and dissapear. Outside of brushing it off rocks or syphoning it off I don't typically go out of my way to get rid of the various algaes during this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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