Not content with just Dinos, I think it's Cyano, too.

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Aside from the slight bubbles and stringy junk of Dinos, I saw a pretty bright red/orange clump of "stuff" on one of my rocks. It looks like this:
Cyano2.jpg


After a quick peek under the scope:

Cyano1.jpg


Is this Cyano starting to pop up, too? Feel I can't catch a break with this new setup.
 

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the microscope shots show cyano strands and a few amphidinium dino cells.
 

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Aside from the slight bubbles and stringy junk of Dinos, I saw a pretty bright red/orange clump of "stuff" on one of my rocks. It looks like this:
Cyano2.jpg


After a quick peek under the scope:

Cyano1.jpg


Is this Cyano starting to pop up, too? Feel I can't catch a break with this new setup.
Possibly the cyanobacteria Spirulina.
 

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