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My nitrates are at zero. I typically do a 10% water change every week (and if I miss a week, I do 20% the following week) and only use RO/DI water. When I first set up the tank, I had a phosphate issue - but no algae issues - since I was using dechlorinated tap water. I used a phosphate remover...

I was hoping you all could help me ID this algae that is growing on my live sand and recently started spreading to the glass. It is mostly green, but there is some purple as well. Most of the purple grows on the glass rather than the sand. It isn't slimy, but it does "clump" up very easily...