Is this Cyanobacteria or Coralline algae ?

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Is this Cyanobacteria or Coralline algae?

Could someone please ID these ? Newbie here.
If this is Cyanobacteria, how do I get rid of this ? I don’t have any fish, added 4 snails and 2 shrimps yesterday. Have 4 frags.
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If your tank is really new… like months, there’s a good chance it’s cyano. I can’t make it out. But it could be coralline seeded from your rock or elsewhere. Cyano can be siphoned off easily, coralline will not at all; for next time you do a water change.
 
If your tank is really new… like months, there’s a good chance it’s cyano. I can’t make it out. But it could be coralline seeded from your rock or elsewhere. Cyano can be siphoned off easily, coralline will not at all; for next time you do a water change.
Thank you for your reply. It’s brand new, 10 days old.
 
Adding couple more photos with bright light. Hope this helps.
 

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Im no expert and can’t tell much from the photos, but at 10 days old tank doubt it’s coralline, takes a good while to grow, if what you are seeing is new and wasn’t on established older live rock added to the tank at start.
 

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