Help with Microscopic algae identification

[bigdaddycarbo]

I have been battling algae for a bit with not much luck. So I got a microscope to try to identify what I am battling.

Looks like I have it all but wanted some confirmation/help with these:

First one looks easy, collected from rocks, that is try to overtake zoa garden. Looks like green hair algae,

This was from the back wall, where I have some GSP growing. I guess I took to big of a sample. Still some GHA and maybe diatoms?
I see the copepod, but there were some smaller red ovals moving around pretty fast. No idea what they are, any ideas?

I took this from a dark spot on the sand, the longer ones with circle rope is Cyano? Smaller yellow ovals, diatoms? What are the small orange circles, Din

When you have multiple types of algae what's the best way to tackle them? Currently doing 20% weekly water changes.
ideally I would like to add to the clean crew to help taking care of this.

Started some cleanbater M for about a week, haven't really noticed any difference.

Any help is appreciated....

 

[dwest]

@taricha can help.

 

[LeftFootedJedi]

Watching this.. your 2nd pic looks a lot like mine. What microscope did you use?

This aggression will not stand man..

Looking for some feedback on my 20G AIO that has been wet a little over 5 months. About 5-6 wks ago I noticed a brown algae starting to form on my scape/substrate & looking at various pics, at the time, it resembled diatoms so I left it alone. Fast forward to last week and my CUC has taken care...

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[bigdaddycarbo]

Watching this.. your 2nd pic looks a lot like mine. What microscope did you use?

This aggression will not stand man..

Looking for some feedback on my 20G AIO that has been wet a little over 5 months. About 5-6 wks ago I noticed a brown algae starting to form on my scape/substrate & looking at various pics, at the time, it resembled diatoms so I left it alone. Fast forward to last week and my CUC has taken care...

www.reef2reef.com

Using AMScope M150C

 

[taricha]

When you have multiple types of algae what's the best way to tackle them? Currently doing 20% weekly water changes.

pic1 GHA (probably)
pic2 GHA, cyano and some diatom or dino cells.
pic3 spirulina (type of cyano), mostly diatoms, and the tiny small circles could be a dino.
Video of movement might be helpful, but those things are TIIIINY. Smaller than our problem dinos - barely a few spirulina widths wide.

I'd get some herbivores and manually remove the most concentrated growths and not worry too much.

 

[bigdaddycarbo]

pic1 GHA (probably)
pic2 GHA, cyano and some diatom or dino cells.
pic3 spirulina (type of cyano), mostly diatoms, and the tiny small circles could be a dino.
Video of movement might be helpful, but those things are TIIIINY. Smaller than our problem dinos - barely a few spirulina widths wide.

I'd get some herbivores and manually remove the most concentrated growths and not worry too much.

Thanks for the response.

Any idea what this is?

 

[taricha]

it's a ciliate. harmless eater of bacteria, etc.