Algae ID?

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Tried my best to take a picture of this. Tank is about 2 months old so still getting through the uglies. Curious about what algae this is? It’s red/brownish and almost feather like. There’s strands of it here and there on the sand bed and some of the rock work.

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Tried my best to take a picture of this. Tank is about 2 months old so still getting through the uglies. Curious about what algae this is? It’s red/brownish and almost feather like. There’s strands of it here and there on the sand bed and some of the rock work.

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i see a green film also, which might just be a micro algae of no concern. Diatom is my guess. They can form filaments when many of the organisms line up and stick together. Dinoflagellates can form brown threads as well but they may also form a golden-brown slime too.
 

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