white algae taking over

I just rescently set up my 10 gallon nano been running for a month and there is this white things on the walls of my tank and on my overflow box

I think its some kind of algae but im not really sure and i would like to know how to get rid of it

 

Does it look like this? This is a magnified view they are actually much smaller.

 

i dont see a pic

 

Is this better?

 

no they dont look like that

they look more like white stringy ball things that sway with the current of my tank

 

That's a great pic Fletch!!!

OK...stringy ball things. I'm thinking Scypha sponge then. If so, they are harmless and in fact will bind up silica which is a good thing because most people would rather have these than diatoms.

 

yah thats more like it

 

o i know those, they used to be in my filter before i got rid of it...poor little guys