name that algae.... with microscope pics

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so got an amscope from amazon and the upcoming photos are all 40x and taken with my phone looking in the eye hole..... so I know they can be better, I will guess as well. Let me know how I did, I suspect cyano I have trace nitrates and zero phosphate working on getting it up now. thanks for any input.

first up, a strand of Chaeto, I wanted to ask because this is what I got from the LSF was from Algaebarn and is really thin
algae (1).jpg
algae (3).jpg

second is Cyano, sticks and on the side of the glass it produces air bubbles ........ but thisis mostly in the refugium
algae (2).jpg


puffy hair algae, it is attached at the base with one stalk but is "fluffed" out in the movement of water, it was the worse algae during the breaking in period the display tank is not bad but it is still in the refugium
algae (5).jpg
 
My guess would be:
1 cheato
2 cheato
3 diatoms
4 green hair algae
I am hoping that is what they are, not that I enjoy having diatoms and green hair algae but the ability to reduce them has been working and they are 98 percent in the refugium, but I still want to know why my Cheato is so thin compared to other peoples pic. thanks for the input
 

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