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I'm just starting to see traces of algae with bubbles that form over the course of the day. Fearing dynos again I put a scraping under my microscope. I couldn't get the thing to focus very well and the pics below are the best I was able to get this afternoon.

This is definitely not what I had before. Are the images good enough for anyone to ID?

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Here is an FTS from a few days ago:

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I'm just starting to see traces of algae with bubbles that form over the course of the day. Fearing dynos again I put a scraping under my microscope. I couldn't get the thing to focus very well and the pics below are the best I was able to get this afternoon.

This is definitely not what I had before. Are the images good enough for anyone to ID?

6-20-24 0001.jpg


6-20-24 0002.jpg


Here is an FTS from a few days ago:

6-16-24.jpg
Not dinoflagellates, maybe diatoms.
 
Thanks folks, I appreciate the input.

Don't diatoms have little "Whiskers" sticking out the ends of the cylinder? It is hard to tell in my blurry photos, but I can see in the live view under the scope that these cells (?) don't have those.
 

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