diatom or dino

Sorry I tried looking at some of the existing posts but honestly having a hard time differentiating. These were taken under 40x which is what I happened to have, do I need something more powerful? I just vacuumed them out so not a lot of long strands but typically within a day or two lots of...

Hi all. I’m totally new to saltwater and I have a new setup that went through some sort of bloom, seemingly overnight. I thought it was for sure diatoms but now I’m afraid it could be dinos/cyano. Tank is 2 weeks old. I did a fish in cycle, started with Dr. Tim’s nitrifying bacteria. I’ve been...

Hi all, hopefully you can help me!! I have a 24 gallon AIO waterbox peninsula, roughly 8 months old. I have been battling algae for the last 4-5 months. I believe its a combination of diatom, dinos and maybe cyano? the algae doesn’t completely disappear at night, but does reduce slightly. If...