Help! My bulletproof Acro has a strange spot on base.

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My Vivid Confetti has developed a strange brown spot on its base.
Alk:8.9
Cal:425
Mag:1350
Nitrate:14
Phos: .12
Started a couple days ago.
Recently added. 50ml Mag. 1.5 cc iodine. 5 cc molydenum

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Also added a kessil 360we between my 2 150 watt metal halides about a month ago and have been slowly cranking it up.
 
I know it looks green but the whole base looked the same a couple days ago.
 

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I personally dont see anything. I would turn off lights, and shine a light on it, or take a photo in all whites
 
Mine did this, then the colony nuked (I did cut it and saved a ton). Not saying its the same thing but I'm sort of still battling it, I think I have a bacterial issue going on.

In this pic you can see the upset polyps on the base, the ring around those upset polyps was once vivids and colorful. It slowly changed to brown/green algae color. Didn't look like a typical stn (white) which is why I waited a bit before cutting. I wish I cut it sooner.

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it's now growing out again in the frag tank, I'll move it back to the display soon, but it re-grew the base on a 3x3" plate (you can see the plate in the pic and the base growth).
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