Little white worms?

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  1. GoinfishN

    GoinfishN Plankton

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    Lately I've been seeing little white worms on the glass of my two month old tank. There are hundreds of them about 1-2mm long. They move relatively fast. At first, I thought it was some kind of algae growing on the glass but noticed they move. At closer inspection, they are like little centipedes with a forked tail. I don't think I can get a picture of them, they are tiny. Are these good, bad, common and just part of start up of a new tank? Thanks!
     
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  3. TritonsGarden

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    Sounds like copepods or amphipods. Google them and look at the pics to see if that is what you have.
     
  4. GoinfishN

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    Here are two (this is an extreme close-up):

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  6. HollyG

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    Those looks like the beginings of a flatworm problem to me. They are normally brown/tan in color but these may be still too young. Look up how to remove a flatworm problem in google... what I did when I had a flatworm problem was cut way back on my feedings and they killed themselves out. There are medications you can get to get rid of them.