Pinky brown dots on glass?

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Discovered lots of these little pinky/tan coloured dots on glass.
They won't wipe off without scraping.
There's also a small white/clear filament on some.
I'm carbon dosing which is now reducing nitrate rather rapidly over past few days so unsure if these are linked to that or some kind of coraline making its way from rocks
PXL_20231011_104825422.MP.jpg
 
Discovered lots of these little pinky/tan coloured dots on glass.
They won't wipe off without scraping.
There's also a small white/clear filament on some.
I'm carbon dosing which is now reducing nitrate rather rapidly over past few days so unsure if these are linked to that or some kind of coraline making its way from rocks
PXL_20231011_104825422.MP.jpg
Maybe limpets?
Are they cone shaped?
 
Doesn’t look right for snail eggs. If they’re basically completely flat, then coralline would be my guess.
Calcareous algae? Would think the circular pattern of them would indicate that, completely forgot algae was a possibility, either way whoever owns this tank will have some fun scraping algae lol
 
Discovered lots of these little pinky/tan coloured dots on glass.
They won't wipe off without scraping.
There's also a small white/clear filament on some.
I'm carbon dosing which is now reducing nitrate rather rapidly over past few days so unsure if these are linked to that or some kind of coraline making its way from rocks
PXL_20231011_104825422.MP.jpg
Just looks like coralline algae to me! that's a good thing, of course:)
 

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