What are these as well? Look like worms, but...?

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flanque

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These are all over my tank... not a plague, but there are many. Some of them also have a string of slime joining them together which is freely moving around in the current.
 

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can you take a better quality photo or do you have any others which are clearer cause its a little hard to tell what they are....
 
Yeah I supose I could, but it's hard as my camera has trouble focusing at such close range even on macro settings.

I'm sure you can help me identify them in other ways, right?
 
It's a type of tube worm (polychaete),. They are harmless and use their tentacles to consume detritus. They are a great addition to your tank.
 
I don't think snail. I think those are fixed in place. They form a thick calcarous tube and have small short tentacles coming out. The exude a mucous. I think that is what they are because I have a couple in my tank.

Having said all that...I don't really know what they are.
 

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