What is growing next to my GSP?

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I bought a small GSP frag from Dr reef a month and a half ago and it started opening up two weeks ago.

What is that reddish brown thing growing alongside my GSP? When I got the frag the polyps were all purple. Nothing looked different
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Red macro algae? @ISpeakForTheSeas may know
 

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Red macro algae? @ISpeakForTheSeas may know
Yeah, some sort of red macroalgae - I'd need clearer pics to attempt a proper ID beyond that, but it looks like an ornamental kind rather than a particularly invasive kind, so I wouldn't worry about it.
 

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