Id of what I think is a macro algae

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Haven’t found anything online that looks like this. It started growing on a dead frag plug months after the coral died. Kind of looks like this but doesn’t. https://coralsanonymous.com/products/copy-new-red-macroalgae-i4
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Pictures under white lights would be very helpful in identifying or attempting to identify this algae.

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It looks very similar to Gracilaria Corticata, but the frawns you have are more tubular than the typical Gracilaria. It's more likely that it's a red variant of Gracilaria Salicornia. or as @ISpeakForTheSeas said, Botryocladia pseudodichrotoma.

I hope that helps!

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