Red algae ID please

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New bloom of very small "leaf like" red algae on some of my rocks and pumps. Looks like tiny versions of Gracilaria Mamilaris Macroalgae that I already have established in my tank but not quite the same. It's not slimy and it doesn't come off very easily. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Top one looks like red dictyota, do the others blow off. Or encrusting?
 
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They don't blow off but can be scrubbed off with a toothbrush.
 

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The second picture is coralline algae. The others might be as well, but I've never seen it (coralline) that leaf like shape before.
 

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