Algae identification!

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I’ve got this green translucent algae growing all over my rocks and trying to figure out what it is and how to get rid of it. Any help appreciated!
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I had the same algae in my tank. Eventually it went away. Still searching for indentation.
 

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Possibly a Lychaete sp.? For example:
https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/14642_Lychaete_herpestica.htmIf not, I'd lean toward it being something else from that family (Cladophoraceae), as the bubble tubes are pretty unique - they're too long to be Valonia or similar, and too translucent to be Codium.
 
Thanks for that I started to think it might be a type of bubble because my new emerald crab has started eating it. I just added another after my old one had died off.
 

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