Dude it sounds to me like you have used a phosphate buffer in a hard water
aquarium I made the same mistake once a while back, and what I got was a
huge mess of really pale whitish slime that blanketed alot of stuff in my
tank (it is made up of calcium and magnesium that is in hard water)

If you have used a phosphate buffer such as "proper ph" or other brands, you
can solve this problem with a vacuum and a few water changes... and dont use
a buffer ever again

I am totally assuming that you have hard water where you are from, and that
is a very common problem with buffers...


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I'll try again to describe the "clear slime". What I mean is, there is no
color such as blue, green or red. Its like a thick mucous blanket - where
it's
really thick, the color would then, be toward white. But, initially, I
didn't
notice it as it was pretty clear so indications were just that there was a
disruption of normal water motion. It got thick enough that it hung in
long
globs from the tops of plants and I could grab quantities of it off the
plants
by hand. The water surface got so it had a slimy consistency - but clear.
It
was so bad, I eventually pulled all the plants and rinsed them and did
multiple
water changes on the tank. Some stress on the fish. This was a tank that
was
somewhat mistreated during the summmer. Regular water changes but not
much
attention to the forest of plants and DYI CO2 bottles not changed at good
regularity, causing a rise in pH. Should note that the lighting is 3.8
watts/gal so loss of CO2 can have some consequences. Two other tanks have
shown
minor signs of similar stuff, even with regular maintenance. In one of
those
tanks I realized the CO2 system had failed, leaks around the glue to cap
surface. This will cause the pH to rise from 7.5 to 8.4. A couple water
changes seems to pretty much clear it up if I get right on it, and use the
python, with the faucet running to skim the stuff off the top.