Seachem phytoplankton color?

[jkkgron2]

Hi everyone!

Today I got some seachem reef phytoplankton for my bivalves, but I’m not sure if I got a bad batch. I know that the phyto is dead, but I thought it’d be dark green? Instead I got some dark brown phyto, and I don’t want to use it until I figure out if it’s bad or not. I do need to figure out by tonight though, since my bivalves have gone 4-5 days without food. I did add in a few fluval bug bites, but I know the bivalves won’t eat those. So I’m wondering what color the search reef normally is, and if I got a bad batch??

Thanks in advance!

Photo is of the phytoplankton.

 

[biophilia]

Not all phyto species are green. Does it say what type it is on the bottle? May be Isochrysis which is brownish.

Edit: looking at the ingredients online by order of percentage in the product:

Thalassiosira weissflogii *** this is a green-brown colored centric diatom
Isochrysis sp, *** golden-brown colored algae
Nannochloropsis *** green colored algae
Astaxanthin *** red colored cyanobacteria

 

[DE FISH]

Shake the bottle well I have the same stuff and it is a dark green colour

 

[jkkgron2]

Shake the bottle well I have the same stuff and it is a dark green colour

I did, and it turned out brown.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Mine is also like that, its almost a brownish-red color.