anyone with a magic cure or answer?

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by kwirky

It bubbled, it was like brown snot, and it multiplied like crazy no matter how much I removed. It was an endless battle. I thought it was a slime algae but now in retrospect I'm having second thoughts. Bubbled like crazy and was kinda stringy. I look at that photo and I'm sure it's EXACTLY what I had.

Based on this description alone, without question, you had dinoflagellates.

I nearly tore down the tanks I had it in too when I was fighting it. It's demoralizing.