ID organism on glass

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Hello! Recently got back into this hobby and my first post here:). Wondering if someone can ID the organism that started growing on my glass. Apologies for the lighting in this photo, they are a light brown colour under white light. Wondering if it’s some kind of hydroid? I have since scrape them off and removed during water change. Notice a couple coming back. Happy to provide any other information that might be helpful. Thanks in advance!



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Zoomed in it's very feather like, could be bryopsis. Looking at it under white light would help people I.D it but bryopsis is my guess going by that picture.
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Edit: if you take it out and put it in a shallow bowl and take a picture under more white lighting with a white/neutral background you'll get a more reliable I.D. A clear flask or glass under white lighting would work as well if it doesn't warp the image too much
 
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Zoomed in it's very feather like, could be bryopsis. Looking at it under white light would help people I.D it but bryopsis is my guess going by that picture.
IMG_20260731_131324.jpg



Edit: if you take it out and put it in a shallow bowl and take a picture under more white lighting with a white/neutral background you'll get a more reliable I.D. A clear flask or glass under white lighting would work as well if it doesn't warp the image too much
Yepp, just some green hair algae.
 
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