what is this???? its all over my rock

[joshyross70]

So ive had my tank for about 10 months running. Last month i noticed so of the rock had some of this fuzzy clear looking slime. Now its all over my rock. What is it? And how do i get rid of it?

[joshyross70]

[joshyross70]

Anyone

[Uncle Salty 05]

I can't say for sure what it is, but I would try 3 days of lights out and see how it responds.
Manually remove as much as possible.

[CleverD]

Can you provide a better picture of the rocks?

[joshyross70]

[joshyross70]

[joshyross70]

Anyone

[IanWR]

One of the last pictures looks as if it could be dinos. It looks brown, and has small bubbles.

[Crooked Reef]

Do you carbon dose anything, nopox, vodka, vinegar,or sugar? Looks like it may be a bacteria bloom.

[Uncle Salty 05]

The best way I have found to remove stuff like this is to zip tie a toothbrush to the end of some 1/2" clear tubing.
Start the siphon and start scrubbing, you can pinch the tubing to control how much or how little water you are removing.
I think if you remove as much as possible and go three days with your lights off it will make a big dent in it, if not completely eliminate it.

[Crooked Reef]

That's what I would do as well. If you carbon dose and overdosed or don't have an adequate skimmer it is likely a bacterial bloom. I got one at one at one point and it went away in a few days after I got my skimmer working again. I would still manually remove as much as possible because it does take up some oxygen in the water column.

[ViktorVaughn]

Originally Posted by Uncle Salty 05

The best way I have found to remove stuff like this is to zip tie a toothbrush to the end of some 1/2" clear tubing.
Start the siphon and start scrubbing, you can pinch the tubing to control how much or how little water you are removing.
I think if you remove as much as possible and go three days with your lights off it will make a big dent in it, if not completely eliminate it.

Wow, awesome idea! I will definitely try that out should the need arise.

[DavidinGA]

Could be a bacteria film if not algae. If it is bacteria, running uv will help (even if it's a tiny one).

[joshyross70]

I dont dose anything into my tank. As far as skimmer goes. I have an eshopps 100 HOB.

[Uncle Salty 05]

How big is the tank?

[joshyross70]

34 gallon

[gpdno]

What do you have in the way of CUC? My turbo snails would be all over that stuff

[Uncle Salty 05]

Originally Posted by joshyross70

34 gallon

That skimmer should be adequate on that size tank.
What is your maintenance and feeding schedule?
Might want to increase size and/or frequency of water changes and cut back on feeding.

[joshyross70]

As for cuc goes i do have a small one. Onlh two nassauris. One turbo. One asthrea. Green emerld crab. I feed once every two days since i only have one fire fish right now and do about a 4 gallon WC every week

[Uncle Salty 05]

Try going to 8-10 gallons per week until this passes.
Feed only twice per week for a while.

[Ryan2428]

Ok my 2 cents get you some blue leg hermits and watch them go to town

[joshyross70]

Ok ill start doing 8 gallon WC. I thought that i shouldnt mix sanils with hermit crabs since the crabs will kill the snails for their shells

[Crooked Reef]

They will kill some sooner or later, whether it be for shells, because they are hungry or because they just want to. The question you have to ask yourself is whether you are prepared to replace snails when the crabs eat them. I personally do because I prefer to have a more varied clean up crew that occupies different niches in the ecosystem. The way I look at it for me there is more to gain by having both than there is to lose. I have about 20 to 30 snails in my tank and maybe 6-10 hermits. I lose a snail or two a year but can't really blame the crabs because I don't know if they specifically kill them or just scavenge them when they die. The scarlet and the blue leg crabs are supposed to be the safest.

[eacosta]

I have a similar issue as well. It was followed by a large bacterial bloom that lasted several days as my water looked cloudy. My pH also dropped down to about 7.4 from 7.9 while the water was cloudy. Keep an eye on any sps. It has caused tissue loss around the base of several of my acropora where it came in contact with them. I lost one coral. I started skimming a little wetter then usual and cut down on feedings. Let me know if you figure out how to get rid of this crap.