Help me ID this algae please

[rynosaurus]

Algae is everywhere!
Shortly after I started this tank I’ve had this algae and never thought much of it, until I notice it’s not going away and it’s covering everything!

My LFS told me it was Bryopsis and gave me something to get rid of it. It seemed to slow it down for about a week and now it’s coming back. It’s even covering up coral!
Someone help me! I did what I could to get a good picture.

 

[Dragon52]

That is some weird looking stuff, not sure what it is but lets see if we can get a few more eyes on it.
#reefsquad

 

[Sailfin11]

I found a forum with a similar problem, but they did not reach a consensus as to what it was. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/white-fuzzy-algae-looks-like-cotton.372737/

 

[rynosaurus]

They posted a video of “white slime” that’s pretty dang close to what I have.
Someone also mentioned a uv sterilizer, do those work to stop algae?

 

[Kjtanks]

It hard to tell the color but it looks like some green or brown hair algae dose it scrap off easy are is it stuck on there

 

[rynosaurus]

It is light brown. I don’t think hair algae because of how it clumps you, but I could be wrong.
And it does come off very easy. I actually sucked out a ton of it during my last water change.
I can’t imagine I’m over feeding the tank either I barely feed my fish anything for that exact reason.

 

[Kjtanks]

I was having a similar problem with my tank when I started it up I’m not a expert by any mean but I started to doses of api algaefix for marine and stayed on top of Dosing and when I did my water change I would scrub the rock and do a 30% water change after a week or so I started to see a difference

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like dinoflagellates. . .. at least in my phone screen

 

[jwilliams860]

Looks like dinoflagellates. . .. at least in my phone screen

I agree on dino

 

[taricha]

dinoflagellates or chrysophytes
two good chrysophyte threads:

Chrysophytes, AKA "Golden Algae" - How to identify, treat and remove it from your tank!

A wikipedia image for chrysophytes. For some time, I've been dealing with a mystery ailment in my aquarium. A wispy, slimy mass grew on almost every exposed area of my tank - no matter what I had tried, it kept coming back and stubbornly stuck with me for months. I started my current tank in...

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Chrysophytes?! Help me cure it?

Chrysophyta (golden-brown algae) The Chrysophyta are the golden-brown algae and diatoms, which respectively account for 1,100 and 40,000-100,000 species of unicellular algae. These algae occur in both marine and fresh waters, although most species are marine. The cell walls of golden-brown algae...

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[rkpetersen]

It doesn't look like dinos to me at all. Could be chrysophytes.
Definitely not bryopsis; sounds like your lfs is clueless.
Put it under a scope and you will have a better idea immediately about what it is and how to treat it.
Inexpensive wifi scopes that work with your phone are readily available on Amazon and elsewhere.

 

[rynosaurus]

So after reviewing the other threads provided by tricha this is for sure Chrysophytes. I will be furthering my research on these as I learn, but they talked about using vibrant aquarium cleaner.
is this a good way to rid the tank, or will it harm my tank in any way.
Thanks a ton for all the help so far!