Help Nuisance Algae ID

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Can anyone help me identify what this could possibly be and how to get rid of it? 2 months ago I treated my tank with Chemiclean to get rid of a red cyano outbreak. It worked for the time but now i have something red on my sandbed. I have tried to use chemiclean again but after 2 treatments, the red is still there. Could this possibly be dinos? It’s so ugly to look at it’s frustrating. I’d appreciate any sort of help, thank you.

Alk-8.4
Cal-500
Mag-1350
Nitrates-4.4
Phosphates-0.07

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Looks like dinos best way to find out is use a microscope. You can get one cheap! One way to find out is if you remove it does it clump up like a ball? if it does most likely dinos. If it's dinos water changes makes it worse. Best way is to use a filter sock and remove it by hand. What I did was siphon it into a sock.
 

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