Identify please??

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spacepops

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I woke up to these little dots . They popped up seemingly over night. All that’s in the tank is one common goldfish and 8 rosey red Minnow
 

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I was thinking it might diatoms growning on the gravel
 
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Update!!!

I am about 90% sure it’s diatoms it’s nearly doubled in amount and I found brown sludgy algae on my glass.
*the first image is from last week and the second two are from this morning *
 

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