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I have been trying to get rid of this algae? for a few months now. I have a 200 gallon tank that has had a 40 watt Pentair UV on it since November. At first I thought it was cyano because it looks very similar to some cyano I have had before in a different tank. Two rounds of chemiclean did nothing. I next tried vibrant ~1m later per the recommendation of my LFS. It did nothing as well. I then thought it might be dinos because my nitrates were never over 2 and my phosphates were always at zero. I fed heavy and got my nitrates at 2 still, but phosphates at 0.03. I have also been dosing dino X for about a week now. Still no affect at all. I got a microscope today and got the following pictures. I was wondering if anyone would have any advice for me? Any help is appreciated.
Tank info:
200 gal IM EXT
Icecap 48 XXL sump
40 watt Pentair UV
Current parameters
Alk 8.36
Ca 452
Mg 1251
Nitrate 2
Phosphate 0.03 (just up from 0.00 a week ago)
Sal 35
Ph 7.99-8.32 (7 day high and low)
Temp 78-79.4 (7 day high and low)
Tank info:
200 gal IM EXT
Icecap 48 XXL sump
40 watt Pentair UV
Current parameters
Alk 8.36
Ca 452
Mg 1251
Nitrate 2
Phosphate 0.03 (just up from 0.00 a week ago)
Sal 35
Ph 7.99-8.32 (7 day high and low)
Temp 78-79.4 (7 day high and low)