Turf Algae? Green cyano? Hair algae? Please help ID!

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It's hairy but it seems too short to be hair algae... It doesn't grow long, but it's starting to spread out. Only growing on my rocks, and calcified parts of my sand.

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The bubbles in the last photo almost make me think it's Dinos....do strings of the algae float upwards?
 
Definitely looks like the start of hair algae. Bryopsis looks like long strands of fern like algae. After my short battle of dinoflagellates, I got the same thing which ultimately turned into green hair algae.
 
This is the turf algae I had before it turned into green hair algae. I will say my turbo snails love this stuff.
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Thanks for the input guys. I think it's probably turf or hair algae based on what it looks like... but I've got two big turbos and a bristletooth tang and neither of them don't seem to touch this stuff at all :(
 
but I've got two big turbos and a bristletooth tang and neither of them don't seem to touch this stuff at all
Interesting. Mine is going away and I figured it was because my snails seeing is they sleep near by.
 

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