Is this hair algae growing on my corals?

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I have long brownish hairs growing on a few of my corals. I’m able to just pluck them off, but I’m wondering how I can prevent them from growing in the first place.

It’s growing on my digi, candycane, lepto. My nitrates and phosphates are all very low and

is it because my flow is not strong enough?

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pictures are a bit blurry but there is algae growing in the 1st picture
Sorry, difficult to take the photo. Is there anything I can do to prevent this kind of algae from growing on the coral.
 

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The first one looks more like bryopsis. I'd rip it off or superglue over it
 

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