Help identifying algae

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I’m lost and need some help. My tank is 3 months old. The initial diatom bloom came and went. Then I got some green algae going. Everything seemed to be under control until I was without a skimmer for 5 days and algae came back bad. It’s been this way for over a month. Is this diatoms again or dino? My nitrates stay around 5-10 and I’m consistently at 0 for phosphates, which isn’t good. Can you please help me identify which algae and point me in the right direction to start getting rid of it? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks!!

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This is a very handy site, reefcleaners.org, for dealing with various algaes, etc. that you may come across.

 
This is a very handy site, reefcleaners.org, for dealing with various algaes, etc. that you may come across.


Thank you for the info. I believe, to the best of my ability, identify it as calothrix.
 

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