What is this?

[ahunter26]

I increased the flow in my tank and now I have slime spiderweb like things all over my tank and even if I change the water and clean they come back.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Looks like algae to me. Are you able to pull it out by hand and get a picture of it?

 

[Dom]

That happened to me from time to time during water changes. I wondered what it was.

I did have a lot of Vermetid snails. And I have read that the way these snails feed is by casting out a web to catch free-floating food particles. Then they eat by consuming the web and all it has trapped.

I chalked it up to that.

 

[ahunter26]

Looks like algae to me. Are you able to pull it out by hand and get a picture of it?

I can but it is difficult because it is kind of slimy and it dissipates in the water when I try to grab it… I’ve been using the turkey baster to get it out