Brown Algae problem (hair?) . Help ID pleas and recomend solution.

Mizzy

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Hello.

Any ideas what this algae can be and how to get rid of it? this pictures are with filtration turned off, for better seeing. when the filtration is on the water looks crystal clean. It take few days after cleaning and everything is covered in brown algae. i have protein skimmer. 3 small fishes. maybe a bit overfeeding which can be problem. Water temperature is around 26C. Will check other numbers and post them here later. The algae form some kind of hairs or no idea how to explain. Can make photo of it if it helps. Any tips and ideas? thx for help
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Looks more like Dinoflaggelates to me. I would think that these strands blow if easy with a turkey blaster and that the strands are very fragile. IMO this happens much more if phosphate and nitrate are 0. UV is usually helpful. There is a dedicated threat, too. Sorry.
 

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