White algae/slim

[Holygral]

Ever since upgrading from 55 to 75 and also upgrading my lighting to 2x250 MH, I have started to get this white slim/algae material on all of my glass and in my sump. It seems to just grow on the walls of the tank much like algae. It comes right off with a mag scaper. 1026 on the SG, 440 on calcium, 9 DKH on Alk and Mag is 1250. My nitrates have crepe up to about 10 ppm. Temps run 78-81. New sand bed when I switched out the tanks. Mixed reef with light bio load.

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[mmkeeper]

I would bet in my uninformed opinion is you are going thru a mini cycle. Try cutting back on your feeding alittle if it is a problem or just deal with it till your sand bed kicks in.

 

[Holygral]

New sand bed and new tank are 5 weeks old, is it some kind of algae?

 

[Holygral]

Bump, still looking for help

 

[Scooterman]

Looks like you need to do some cleaning, simple sucking it out until it clears out is the fastest solution along with water changes. I did two 30 gallon wc's this past weekend, because after the first i still had stuff needing to be removed or sucked out, really makes a difference, at times little weekly wc's need a boost by doing some bigger ones. Most of the time wc's are the answer, really it is the life of your tank & it supports everything growing in it!

 

[Holygral]

Thanks

I do 10% wc every week, I also did one last night, I guess I will just keep them up and use a filter sock to help filter it out when I scape it, still never had anything like this before

 

[Krish]

I used to get that same stuff in your pics in my sumps and tank and never knew what it was I just kept cleaning the glass and vaccuming it up and over time it eventually went away for whatever reason.

 

[Holygral]

What kind of time frame did it take?

Thanks!!

 

[Krish]

Not sure I remember seeing it for a while all over my powerheads etc and then one day I just noticed I didn't see as much like before. Wish I could offer a bit more feedback, but honnestly can't remember(LOL)