Are these Dinos, diatoms or something else....?

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I have had a long tough battle with dinos I took out my sand bed got UV raised nutrients and I haven't seen much brown anywhere but a week ago it started coming back on the glass. I don't know if this is dino's, diatoms or something else I can't find pictures that look like these anywhere.
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Appears to be diatoms
Siphon, reduce white light intensity and even add 1.5ml of liquid bacteria per 10 gallons during the day for a week
 
I don't know if this is dino's, diatoms or something else I can't find pictures that look like these anywhere.
Me neither!

This is a rare something else. The envelopes around the pigmented portions of the cells are irregular, unlike diatoms. They aren't dinos. Not a typical cyano pattern or color either.

Got shots of what it looks like in the tank?
 
Me neither!

This is a rare something else. The envelopes around the pigmented portions of the cells are irregular, unlike diatoms. They aren't dinos. Not a typical cyano pattern or color either.

Got shots of what it looks like in the tank?
it looks like a coat of diatoms or dinos brown patches on the glass i wiped it off but when it comes back again i will take pictures
 

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