Why would my Red Ogo Gracilaria turn green?
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Got some before and after shots?Why would my Red Ogo Gracilaria turn green?
I did noticed before it was getting pale green. After I lowered the light intensity it stop turning almost see through, it started turning just green. I'll try to lower intensity more and see what happens.If I were a betting man, looking at the before and after shots the algae looks healthy in the first photo I would surmise it is getting too much light. It now looks pale green and withered. The same thing happened to some Halymenia Durville (dragons breath) that I have in my refugium but the color wasn't such a pronounced green but more pale pink with subtle hints of green. Additionally, as jefra points out it does look malnourished but if that is in combination with lighting or just lighting I couldn't say. Try placing in lower light or adjust lighting intensity if you can and see how it responds.
Read; https://www.reefcleaners.org/macroalgae-care
Like thisI did noticed before it was getting pale green. After I lowered the light intensity it stop turning almost see through, it started turning just green. I'll try to lower intensity more and see what happens.
Thank you
It's wonderful when you manage to get a balanced system like that. .
Sorry this is the correct pictureSo the algae I posted above was collected on Thursday night, and you could see it looked pretty "green" or bleached.
This on Friday afternoon, started getting some red in it again ...
I did noticed before it was getting pale green. After I lowered the light intensity it stop turning almost see through, it started turning just green. I'll try to lower intensity more and see what happens.
Thank you
I think at the time 0 nitrates and 0.2 phosphates. This was from back in March. It never recovered and died off.What are your nitrates and phosphates at? If it doesnt recover, let us know, and next order, we can throw some more in
I doubt it was lighting, we keep our red ogo under a crazy high par (250W of LEDs in a small footprint). Red Ogo does like a lot of nutrients. Send me your order number and we can get you a replacement (we can ship or we can include 4oz on your next order).