Help ID algae please

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Does anyone know what this is? Some of them are growing to around 6 inches or so. I've searched Google and everywhere and can't find anything that looks like it. It's not chaeto which was one of my first thoughts.

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Probably just some kind of thread algae/hair algae. Is it green? You should be able to manually remove it with a toothbrush. Also, most cleanup crew members should devour that in no time.
 
Probably just some kind of thread algae/hair algae. Is it green? You should be able to manually remove it with a toothbrush. Also, most cleanup crew members should devour that in no time.
It is green, I've got a ton of different snails and they aren't touching it, trying to stay away from crabs. I'm currently running fallow due to Marine velvet, I'm hoping once I get a couple tangs in there they clean it up, but they are starting to spread quickly now. It doesn't seem to be bothering any coral as of yet.
 

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