Can someone ID these microscope images please?

[Leyth]

Grabbed some of the red/brown crap off my sand bed and put it under a microscope at 1200x. Can anyone tell what this is?

 

[sfin52]

@mcarroll thoughts

 

[Leyth]

Anyone?

 

[DirtMcGurt]

I've seen similar looks suspects in my scope pics. I cant help but I'm curious myself. I also have, what looks like, earthworms but on a microscopic scale. I saw them while looking at these in my tank. Do you have these "earthworms" too?

 

[Leyth]

I've seen similar looks suspects in my scope pics. I cant help but I'm curious myself. I also have, what looks like, earthworms but on a microscopic scale. I saw them while looking at these in my tank. Do you have these "earthworms" too?

I did not see any earthworm looking things in my samples, just these dots it seems.

 

[MasonK24]

2nd and 3rd picture im almost positive is dinoflagellates. thats exactly what mine looked like, do they move around?

 

[Leyth]

2nd and 3rd picture im almost positive is dinoflagellates. thats exactly what mine looked like, do they move around?

Yes they do, were you able to fix your dino problems?

 

[MasonK24]

Yes they do, were you able to fix your dino problems?

personally i was able to control them by raising my nutients but they were always present in some spots and never went completely away. i eventually tore the tank down because it was such a nuissance. other people have been successful ridding them, but unfortunately it was too much for my nano. good luck!

 

[Idoc]

Dinos... go to the huge dino post in the nuisance algae forum to compare to the dino pics there. This will then help you figure out how to proceed to clear them out.