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Can anyone help tell me what this is? I've been thinking diatoms. But possibly dinos. However my nitrate is sitting around 20-25. So I have nutrients. I vacuum it and it comes back. It .ostly goes away when lights are out, but comes back the next day. I had a massive bubble algae outbreak that vibrant removed. I'm at a loss and frustrated.

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Can anyone help tell me what this is? I've been thinking diatoms. But possibly dinos. However my nitrate is sitting around 20-25. So I have nutrients. I vacuum it and it comes back. It .ostly goes away when lights are out, but comes back the next day. I had a massive bubble algae outbreak that vibrant removed. I'm at a loss and frustrated.

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enjoy them. Don't fight with them. They will be gone soon enough. They are just consuming the silicates in your system. Not sure if it's diatom as I can't see easily in my phone.Diatoms are normally pretty easy to identify. It is a brown-powdery algae that you can blow off with a syringe. How old is your tank?
 
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enjoy them. Don't fight with them. They will be gone soon enough. They are just consuming the silicates in your system. Not sure if it's diatom as I can't see easily in my phone.Diatoms are normally pretty easy to identify. It is a brown-powdery algae that you can blow off with a syringe. How old is your tank?
About 2 and a half years old
 
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