Thereefdoc
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This algae has started popping up recently. It’s not widespread and in maybe 3 or 4 localized spots. Ignore the bubble algae. Any idea what it could be?
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This algae has started popping up recently. It’s not widespread and in maybe 3 or 4 localized spots. Ignore the bubble algae. Any idea what it could be?
How is it attached? Does it just blow off?
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Thereefdoc
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It doesn’t blow off and is attached and extends up. It looks slimy. No air bubbles and it looks like it grows in strands.
I have the same thing...red algae isolated in one general area on rock and doesn't look to be slimy, YET...more like little strands ? any ideas.. i red that there is a difference btwn Red algae and red/born slime
the former being good
the former being good
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Thereefdoc
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I’ve had a lot of weird algae pop up in this tank that I haven’t encountered before in 11 years of reefing. I know mine isn’t cyanobacteria because it’s attached at the base. Plus I had a cyano outbreak a couple months ago, increased flow and lowered nutrients. My tank has been between 0 and 5 nitrates and po4 being near zero.
