Help in identifying brown growths on glass

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After I started feeding the aquarium with Salifert Coral Food, I began to notice that within a few hours a uniform brown coating formed on the glass, which was very easily cleaned off and turned into dust.

Under a microscope it looks like small, rapidly moving green cells - . The video shows them at different magnifications.

If you're too lazy to look at YouTube, here's a photo:
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I'm not exactly sure what that could be, but those little guys are moving way to fast to see clearly. Small cell amph dinos move quickly, but I can't recall seeing them move that quickly, though. Maybe @taricha might have more insight for you!
 
No matter what they Are - and they could be nearly anything. They just need to be scraped/wiped off. To get any kind of 'for sure' ID, you would need to say what power your microscope is at
 
After I started feeding the aquarium with Salifert Coral Food, I began to notice that within a few hours a uniform brown coating formed on the glass, which was very easily cleaned off and turned into dust.

Under a microscope it looks like small, rapidly moving green cells - . The video shows them at different magnifications.

If you're too lazy to look at YouTube, here's a photo:
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Is there macro algae in your system? They kinda look like reproductive cells.
 

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