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Hi, I thought I had dinoflagellates in my tank till yesterday when I got my microscope and what I saw doesn’t look like dinoflagellates. some help

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The larger strands in pic 5 are gha filaments. The other smaller strands in the pics look cyano-sized, but not enough detail to say for sure.
I'd say this growth overall is mostly held together by cyano.
 

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