Diatom or hair algae?

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Hi guys! My tank is almost 2 months old and fully cycled. I am trying to figure out if this is diatoms or hair algae? It is covering all my rocks. Anyway to get rid of it?

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There are bubbles all over the rocks as well
 
go buy a cheap microscope so u can identify them better but i think its dino
 
Typically Dino’s re an imbalance. Phosphate and nitrate. Sometimes adding one or the other fixed it. Or bacteria dosing.
 
If diatoms, normal after the tank cycles and will go away on its own. If dinos, there are a lot of treads on here discussing causes and how to deal with it.
 

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