Are these diatoms?

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Hi, I thought I had dino with zero Phosphate. The brown algae was stringy and some had bubbles so I got a microscope to help identify which dino. However, I can only find these cones shape brown algae. These are diatom?
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Hi, I thought I had dino with zero Phosphate. The brown algae was stringy and some had bubbles so I got a microscope to help identify which dino. However, I can only find these cones shape brown algae. These are diatom?
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Diatoms, green hair algae and possibly cyanobacteria.
 

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