Can anyone identify these 3 things? Worms? Algae? Bacteria?

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This dark stuff appears to be irritating some zoas or even attacking them. It has some air bubbles on it. This is the only place in the tank that I see this.
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This is behind the right mushroom and appears to be branched. I don't see it moving in the current.
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This is behind the baby mushroom.
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Algae bryozoan Hydroids.
The third pic is a bit fuzzy. Check lionfishlair.com. Hitchikers.
 
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I agree that the 3rd is hydroids.
Thank you for your responses.

Lionfish Lair, the link for Bryozoans takes you to the brittle stars. That is a very useful guide. I was looking for it as a sticky link in the hitchhiker forum before posting, but I didn't remember it was linked to your posts. Thank you for doing this guide.
 
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