Are these dinoflagellates or diatoms?

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Hey sorry if this has been discussed before, but this has been popping up around my tank and causing me to panic. I can’t tell if they’re dinos or diatoms. Will it kill my corals and should I add a clean up crew to my tank? The tank is a little over a month old with currently no fish and this all came out of no where. I was going to raise my nitrates and phosphates and decrease lighting.

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Just looks like diatoms. What's your parameters?
 

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