White flaky slime growing all over rocks

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Fairly new to reefing. Had a 55gal reef tank for 10 months and never had a single outbreak of anything. Woke up one morning and the glass had cracked. Now have a 100 gal tank and just finished setting it up. Found some live rock where I live and have been cycling my tank for a few days now. Yesterday a white slimy spider web looking substance showed up in a few of the ledges and today it is everywhere. Don’t think it’s a slime because in the video you can see part of it has been blown apart from my power head. Anyone know what it is and or what I need to do about it?
 
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Hmmm possibly but I just looked up pictures of that and it doesn’t look very similar. I’ll attach better pics see if that helps
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Cant get video to play but pics look like heavy mulm which is a bacterial like film. It also suggest a lack of water flow.
What filtration are you using and what method of water flow?
Take a turkey baster and give substance a gentle blast. If it separates, siphon up matter right away and then finish the rest.
 

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