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Point for readingexcalibur. . . Yes those are diatoms. I recently had a ditom bloom because I didn't change my ro filters soon enough. When doing research I came across this article which answered many questions. http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=60144