Help ID fast moving critters from brown dust on glass

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Hey guys!
It’s from a brown film on the glass that turns to dust when I scrape it off! I imagine it is diatoms, under the microscope they are moving around very fast, but my magnification isn’t enough for me to see them up close, maybe someone recognizes it!

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Hey guys!
It’s from a brown film on the glass that turns to dust when I scrape it off! I imagine it is diatoms, under the microscope they are moving around very fast, but my magnification isn’t enough for me to see them up close, maybe someone recognizes it!

Peace
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I will go out on a limb and say diatoms are not fast swimmers. Maybe you are seeing dinoflagellates. If it was a green film, I would say it is not a dinoflagellate.
 

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