Needing help identifying. Is it dinos?

Saltysav96

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I know there are several post about this already and i have gone through several forums about different types of algae. However the pics i find online aren’t exactly close to what im seeing in person

yes these first 3 pics look like dino’s (from the bubbles)

seems to be coming from the crevices of the rocks, sometimes when I look at it , it looks like it has food trapped within it.

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These next couple pics were taken with lights off using a flashlight
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These are the ones that make me think it is not dino’s (from the images ive looked at to compare)
Zoom in to really see them
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couple other random pics i took of it
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Hard to tell with those pics. However there is a strain of dino's that really goes down when lights go off, then comes back full strength when lights come back on. Thats a common strain of dinos. Whats your Nitrates and Phosphates at?
 

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Hi. I think I see oxygen bubbles on some strands?? That's algae. It has chlorophyll and is producing oxygen. The general overall green on your rock appears to be bio-film. Which is standard and beneficial.
 

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