What type of Algae is it?

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Should I dose phos?
Do not dose Phos but feed more, change water less to increase. This stuff will Not turn into coraline
 

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Well suit yourself, if you think your rock should remain bone white follow these instructions, but maybe go into the id post and see if your algae fit any of those descriptions, I don't see a single strand in your pictures that made me believe you have hair algae
 
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Well suit yourself, if you think your rock should remain bone white follow these instructions, but maybe go into the id post and see if your algae fit any of those descriptions, I don't see a single strand in your pictures that made me believe you have hair algae
It looks like green film algae
 

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I had something similar, hard and wouldn’t brush off. It occurred about 4 weeks after the tank was set up. About a month later it was gone and it has been 17 months. I wouldn’t worry about it, just let it run its course. Your rocks will never be white again.
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I bought Tuxedo Urchin, 3 turbo snails, and Aquaforest Po4 plus.
We will see the result. I will share it here.
Tuxedo urchin should work but in my experience they eat more of hair algae instead of algae encrusted on rocks.
 
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Tuxedo urchin should work but in my experience they eat more of hair algae instead of algae encrusted on rocks.
In the first hour, Tuxedo Urchin was on the top of the conch, and here is the result as a before & after. My conches were all covered with algae.

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