Brown algae growing on corals

stan255

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I have brown algae growing on some of my corals - red monti and a soft coral.

I can blow some off with a turkey baster but some are pretty stubborn. I tried brushing them off and it didn’t really work.

ID please and any suggestions on how to get rid of them? I don’t think they are dinos and they aren’t stringy.

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Both monti's and leathers like higher flow area's to help them shed and keep clean. Algae will not grow on living coral, so I suspect that part of the coral may be dead. But its hard to see it clearly in the pics, can you try to get better clearer pics?
 

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