Does anyone know what this algae that is taking over my aquarium is and please help get I’d of it!

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please help! I have a algae that is taking over my tank, please help me ID it and get rid of it

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please help! I have a algae that is taking over my tank, please help me ID it and get rid of it

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Kinda looks like Dinos to me. It's hard to say without a microscope but the bubbles make me think its dinos.
 

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I vote bryoposis. Ether way I would do a combo treatment of vibrant and reef Flux with a 3 day black out followed by a water change
 

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I suggest with your water changes (and even more often), you scrub with a small brush, pull out and vacuum all you can. I turned my lights down for 3 days and turned off the red, green and white for that time. Having low phosphate and nitrates can encourage dinos and algae. So, to raise my levels, I turned off my skimmer periodically and used no chemicals. You can also feed the fish more food. Good luck!
 
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Have herd it might be Chrysophytes
 
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Nitrates are at 0 last I checked abut I don’t have phosphate tester. I have tried bummping up nitrates but it wouldn’t go up.
 
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