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Hey macro algae friends.

I have a brown slimy substance growing on just my macros...I haven't done ID with a microscope.

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100g sump
200g mixed reef fully stocked
13g display refugium

Any ideas?
 

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Nate,
Instead of posting to sticky thread, start your own thread.

What macro algae are we looking at? I assume it’s in your display refugium. Can you supply a close up under white light?

Are you carbon dosing?
 

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Nate,
Instead of posting to sticky thread, start your own thread.

What macro algae are we looking at? I assume it’s in your display refugium. Can you supply a close up under white light?

Are you carbon dosing?
Yep I can do that. Tomorrow. Yes carbon dosing.

Np bacto balance. Essentially is that.


My phos is .3-.6, nitrate 15-30

I don't believe this to be dinos. But moreso some brown film algae growing on macros.
 
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I have some Halymenia stipitata that I’d be willing to sell if anyone is looking for some. DM me. Here’s a picture of a small piece.
I have dragons breath, chaeto, and red Pom Pom gracilaria too.

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Beautiful! Reminds me of the "orange galaxy" I got from mosaic macros. Mine didn't make it though.
 

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