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Help me figure out what type of algae this is
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It is growing very rapidly and as you can see in the pic it is a long brown strand, it is growing all over the tank
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Are there air bubbles present in it? If so it might be dinos. If not then its most likely slime or cyano.
 
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In some spots it has bubbles in it like my sump but that is where there is bubbles formed by a little water fall on the baffles but on my rocks only a couple spots have bubbles but not connected to the algae
 

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In some spots it has bubbles in it like my sump but that is where there is bubbles formed by a little water fall on the baffles but on my rocks only a couple spots have bubbles but not connected to the algae
Most likely cyano or slime algae. Is any of it red or mainly brownish?
 

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I'd say cyano then. Try doing a big water change to see if it helps along with trying to vacuum it out. There are other methods to help but you may want to start there.
 
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Update! it is dinoflagellates, bubbles everywhere in the algae and did a test I found on a different thread and found out it was Dino. Dosed h2o2
 

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