What is all this? (Microscope Pics)

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Dec 31, 2021

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It's an orangey brown color.

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Some sort of chrysophyte

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attiland said:
Some sort of chrysophyte

Is it bad, good? How do I remove it? What does it mean when they pop up?

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a community of diatoms and other harmless photosynthetic organisms. It'll pass.

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