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[karlas]

it sounds like you might have cyano bacteria (slime alge). you can get rid of it but it will come back the next day its a real pain to get rid of. there are some checmimals that will get rid of that. or you can do it the hard way like i did.

things that affect cyano would be
1. hi nitrates - over feeding, over stocking

2. old lighting- over time lights change spectrum and a lower spectrum will actually feed alge

3. low water flow - make sure you have proper water flow cyano loves low circulated alges or places where xcess food or detruis will collect


4 hi phophates or sillicatates

one thing that helped was i kept cleaning it with a turkey baster, added powerheads, started doing smaller mroe frequent water changes and eventually it got rid of it