Bubblegum Digi tips brown algea

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Hi has anyone experienced brown algae growing on the tips of bubblegum dig....it has happened after finishing dosing vibrant for bubble algae...while dosing it was looking amazing...parameters are ok no crazy swings...all others sps fine
 

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Hi has anyone experienced brown algae growing on the tips of bubblegum dig....it has happened after finishing dosing vibrant for bubble algae...while dosing it was looking amazing...parameters are ok no crazy swings...all others sps fine
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Parameters; sg, po4, no3, cal, alk, mag, lighting, flow.
 

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Algae usually won't grow on healthy live tissue. Are the tips that have algae showing signs of RTN/STN?

are you sure its algae or could it possibly be dinos/diatoms/cyano?
 
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Hi has anyone experienced brown algae growing on the tips of bubblegum dig....it has happened after finishing dosing vibrant for bubble algae...while dosing it was looking amazing...parameters are ok no crazy swings...all others sps fine
 

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Looks like cyanobacteria.
Your systems probably out of balance. Can you post any and all testing you have done recently?
 
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