Help with Algae ID

[jpjerry]

Can someone help me id this algae?
It’s on sand and rocks. Easily blows away with turkey baster. It’s dark red/brown dots.
thank you

 

[Soren]

Can someone help me id this algae?
It’s on sand and rocks. Easily blows away with turkey baster. It’s dark red/brown dots.
thank you

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Are you sure it is algae? Pictures are not great (I know good pictures can be hard to get), but from what I see, this looks like an infestation of red planaria flatworms (Convolutriloba retrogemma).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can someone help me id this algae?
It’s on sand and rocks. Easily blows away with turkey baster. It’s dark red/brown dots.
thank you

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i see what appears as flatworms. Are these things moving?
Hard to confirm as pics are fuzzy. Assure tank glass and camera lens are clan for pics

 

[jpjerry]

Some more pictures. Looks like online photos of red planaria flatworms. I can’t tell if they are moving.
If these are red planaria flatworms what is the solution?

 

[Jared Bryant]

Oh boy. That is not going to be fun. Never had them bad before but flatworm exit and carbon/waterchanges.

 

[Soren]

I have no first-hand experience, but I have heard of success with Flatworm Exit and also with blue velvet nudibranchs.