Algae ID? (microscope picture)

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Tank looks like dinoflagellates, brown slime growing on sand and rocks. Put a sample on a microscope slide, doesn't look like anything I've ever seen.

They are flat. They have a clear body around the brown leaf shaped guts. I can't see any flagellum, but they appear to be slowly moving around on the slide (crawling?).

Anyone know what this is, or where I could look to find out?
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Tank looks like dinoflagellates, brown slime growing on sand and rocks. Put a sample on a microscope slide, doesn't look like anything I've ever seen.

They are flat. They have a clear body around the brown leaf shaped guts. I can't see any flagellum, but they appear to be slowly moving around on the slide (crawling?).

Anyone know what this is, or where I could look to find out? View attachment 2878235

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looks like diatoms
Do you have pic under white lighting of actual tank ?
 
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