Tank not cycling... I think...

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Hello all,

I got a 55 gal about 6 weeks ago, filled it with salt, sand and LR... Now, this is my first 'big' reef (my last one was 16 gal) and when this new tank cycled, everything turned green, and gross, and the glass got all gummied up with algae, but it was a lot thicker than when my other tank cycled. Infact the water turned green in my 55 gal... That said, it is still green, swampy green. It doesn't smell, but it is just gross. I remember my 16 gal clearing up (as far as the water went, I don't remember it changing color at all). I have't bothered testing yet as it looks totally un-inhabitable. Any ideas why after six weeks the tank looks like this? Or is this normal? I can't find anything about this happening on the web, so it kind of makes me leary.

-Pauli