Algae on frag concern or not?

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newbie back hopping in the hobby after 12 years so forgive the green-ness - you forget a lot lol. Have this algae on one of my frags that seems to be spreading to nearby ones. Can you help ID and advise if a concern or not. Many thanks in advance!

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Little better photo. Sorry blues are on now. The night photo - was tonight just tried taking better one now.
 

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Looks like GHA. Up your clean up crew they should eat it and keep it at minimum. GHA only becomes a problem when they cover the frags and block it from getting light. Make sure your parameters are not out of hand and feeding your algea
 
For a zoa I would dip the frag in hydrogen peroxide water (I use 50/50 mix), it will kill the algae, the zoa will recover after a few days.
 

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