Hi all, I'm having trouble ID'ing these guys, perhaps its because they are so densely packed in. For a brief moment under 250x magnification I thought they were diatoms, then I zoomed in, and to my chagrin, my worst fears were confirmed . Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am running a 40 watt sterilizer on a ~35 gallon tank to combat ich, the flow rate is ~250gph which equates to a UV Dose of ~280mw/CM2 (Per my rough calculations lol). So its not a species that breaks into the water column. My snails can eat whatever it is. I was under the impressions Dinos kill snails (although I have lost 2 of my ~15 in the last week or so) certain ones do graze right over it and mow it like a law. Its expansion has been explosive.
2000x (purportedly): https://youtube.com/shorts/NIsmVoB8etk
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250x (the one that catfished me):
2000x (purportedly): https://youtube.com/shorts/NIsmVoB8etk
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Dinos 5.5.2023 (3/3)
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250x (the one that catfished me):
Dinos 5.5.2023 (2/3)
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