Dark brown stiff algae - what kind ?

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Hi ,

I have these dark brown stiff algae all over my tank . Now all my acros are thriving but these dark brown stiff sometimes look horrible .
PO4-0.05 and nitrates - 10-20 .

What kind are these algae ? Some form of GHA ?
I have a few snails - trochus and turbo . What will eat these buggers ?

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Polysiphonia sp.
 
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It looks like some type of red turf algae IMO. (Callithamnion?)
 
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So what's the best coarse of action ? Mexican turbo snails ? Rabbit fish ?

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Any help ? Still do not have a concrete id on the species and what will help.. Have over 10 tuxedo urchins but they hardly make difference .

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