Is this not cyanobacteria?

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I'm almost done with my 48 hr treatment of chemiclean, and it didn't seem to do anything against what I thought were Cyanobacteria in my tank. Pictures below. What is it, diatoms or maybe Dino?

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On the first picture - the red - looks like cyanobacteria. Does it brush off or siphon off easily? Does it seem to be minimal in the AM - and worse in the PM after the lights? Chemiclean does not make it disappear immediately. Did you keep your skimmer off - and carbon out?
 
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On the first picture - the red - looks like cyanobacteria. Does it brush off or siphon off easily? Does it seem to be minimal in the AM - and worse in the PM after the lights? Chemiclean does not make it disappear immediately. Did you keep your skimmer off - and carbon out?
When I siphon it off the rocks, there is white powdery stuff underneath. But on substrate, there isn't the white stuff and comes off in a sheet. Seems to be the same AM or PM. I took the carbon out and turned off the UV. The skimmer is on, but I just let it overflow back into sump for aeration.
 

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When I siphon it off the rocks, there is white powdery stuff underneath. But on substrate, there isn't the white stuff and comes off in a sheet. Seems to be the same AM or PM. I took the carbon out and turned off the UV. The skimmer is on, but I just let it overflow back into sump for aeration.
You can repeat the treatment.
 

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