Algae ID needed

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This has been growing in my tank for a few months now. Sometimes I can battle it back for a week or 2 but it always come back.

Testing always comes back at 0 nitrate and phos but I’m assuming fits because the algae is absorbing all of it.

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This has been growing in my tank for a few months now. Sometimes I can battle it back for a week or 2 but it always come back.

Testing always comes back at 0 nitrate and phos but I’m assuming fits because the algae is absorbing all of it.

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Looks like some sort of filamentous algae that gets categorized under the name hair algae.
 

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So maybe GHA? My tang and lawnmower blenny don’t seem to eat it
Might not be the kind it eats or it’s covered with something that makes it unappetizing.
 

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