Identifying algae

[tomreefer]

I have a brownish algae on my sand bed and looks like a carpet mad and hard to remove by siphon. What algae is this? Can I get critters that actually eat this algae (fish; inverts)?

 

[jlmawp]

It’ll be tough to truly diagnose without a picture. Could you provide one?

I don’t want to assume you are new because of your join date, but how old is the tank?

 

[tomreefer]

I removed a lot but here you go

 

[tomreefer]

Another pic

 

[mcgyvr]

Can you get a better picture from the front of the tank looking in?