Can anyone confirm dino or diatoms

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My tank has been through a bunch now at almost 3 months old cycle complete with shrimp. 2.5 weeks ago I started adding life slowly added 2 corals then last week 2 clowns and 2 new corals at the start of this week I have had CUC going to work but now I got a bloom looks like diatoms but has air bubbles on top not sure parameters are
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Phosphate 0.10 - 0.15
Nitrate 10
Alkalinity 7.7
Clacium 390
Ph 8.0
Magnesium 1380

I have 5 hermits
5 turbo snails as the CUC

Not sure if it's just diatoms or dinos or something different came from freshwater and never seen diatoms bubble but could be a saltwater thing
There is also a tint of green algae on the rocks the CUC is eating the brown bloom just not sure any help would be appreciated

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My tank has been through a bunch now at almost 3 months old cycle complete with shrimp. 2.5 weeks ago I started adding life slowly added 2 corals then last week 2 clowns and 2 new corals at the start of this week I have had CUC going to work but now I got a bloom looks like diatoms but has air bubbles on top not sure parameters are
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Phosphate 0.10 - 0.15
Nitrate 10
Alkalinity 7.7
Clacium 390
Ph 8.0
Magnesium 1380

I have 5 hermits
5 turbo snails as the CUC

Not sure if it's just diatoms or dinos or something different came from freshwater and never seen diatoms bubble but could be a saltwater thing
There is also a tint of green algae on the rocks the CUC is eating the brown bloom just not sure any help would be appreciated

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You are doing great. All part of the normal uglies phase at this stage. You will get more green. Then some brown fuzz. Then maybe some green hair algae. So don't sweat it for now. Just keep your salinity and temps all steady.
 
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You are doing great. All part of the normal uglies phase at this stage. You will get more green. Then some brown fuzz. The maybe some green hair algae. So don't sweat it for now. Just keep your salinity and temps all steady.
Awesome salinity stays at 1.024 and temp at 78 with a 15 - 20 percent water change every Thursday
 

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