Algae help - hair algae or something else?

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Hi,
Can anyone ID this algae and how to get rid of it?
Thanks.

Tank has been set up for a year, parameters are:
90 Litre all in one tank
Protein skimmer 24 hours a day
Reactor with carbon and Rowaphos
Lights on 10 hours which includes ramp up and down of an hour each and using AB+ spectrum.
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.0
Alkalinity 8.4
Nitrate 0.4ppm - Hanna checker
Phosphate 0.04ppm - Hanna checker (I've read this and nitrate readings are likely to be low due to being used up by algae)
Calcium 380 - Hanna checker
Magnesium 1360ppm - RedSea test kit
CUC - Tuxedo urchin, 2 Cerith snails, 4 Nassarius snails, 2 Turbo snails, 1 Elysia Crispata (Sea Lettuce slug).
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That looks like gelidium to me (red wiry algae). I would say urchin, but you have one. Maybe some more turbos. If it is in fact gelidium, then it would be hard to remove. If it is not hard to remove, its some other type of hair algae. Again, assuming it is gelidium, then the best method would be to use a dental pick, but you need to ensure that you net any pieces that break lose because it can spread. It may not hurt to spray it with some hydrogen peroxide either.

 

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