Are these dinos?

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It certainly looks like dinos, all on the rocks, substrate and basically everywhere in the tank. i created a shared album on Google photos for more videos / photos.
20240612_182644.jpg
 
It certainly looks like dinos, all on the rocks, substrate and basically everywhere in the tank. i created a shared album on Google photos for more videos / photos.
20240612_182644.jpg
The golden cells amongst the cyanobacteria filaments might be dinoflagellates. I assume the cyanobacteria is the bigger issue.
 
The golden cells amongst the cyanobacteria filaments might be dinoflagellates. I assume the cyanobacteria is the bigger issue.
It certainly looks like dinos, all on the rocks, substrate and basically everywhere in the tank. i created a shared album on Google photos for more videos / photos.
20240612_182644.jpg
I think I have some better footage
20240613_123032.jpg

and here it is moving around, but tbh I can't tell if it's Coolia or Prorocentrum or even LCA for that matter.


What's telling to me is the "macro" picture
20240613_123732.jpg
 
I looked at all your photos in your album. It is really hard to make out individual cells to determine if dinos are there and what type, though. It does look like some possibly there. Instead of pictures of "clumps" of junk on a microscope slide, you can usually see dinos better if you look next to the clumps so that they stand out better. Your attached movie showing one cell is actually the best one...I would guess large cell amphidinium dinos from that clip. But, it is common to have a few different types of dinos present at once.
 
I looked at all your photos in your album. It is really hard to make out individual cells to determine if dinos are there and what type, though. It does look like some possibly there. Instead of pictures of "clumps" of junk on a microscope slide, you can usually see dinos better if you look next to the clumps so that they stand out better. Your attached movie showing one cell is actually the best one...I would guess large cell amphidinium dinos from that clip. But, it is common to have a few different types of dinos present at once.
thank you so much!
 

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