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Admittedly my tank was neglected for a couple months while I was busy with work. Came home after a short weekend vacation to my pump not working. Added an air stone while new pump came in which was about a week.

saw these on the glass, scraped, cleaned tank water change etc. still working on tank clean up but these are back today. They’re on all 4 walls of the tank as well as a piece of rock. They are very small and it looks like there may be hole in the center of them. Any ideas on what they could be?
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Admittedly my tank was neglected for a couple months while I was busy with work. Came home after a short weekend vacation to my pump not working. Added an air stone while new pump came in which was about a week.

saw these on the glass, scraped, cleaned tank water change etc. still working on tank clean up but these are back today. They’re on all 4 walls of the tank as well as a piece of rock. They are very small and it looks like there may be hole in the center of them. Any ideas on what they could be?

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These pics are extremely dark- can you repost under white lighting?
 
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Photo quality goes way down when I post here. But I can actually see a spiral shape on the photo on my phone. So maybe spirorbid worms?
I expanded pic on my home PC and yes spirobids. With edge of an old credit card or similar, scrape into a net and discard.
 

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They shouldn’t become an issue. Their presence is a sign of a healthy maturing tank. You will never fully eradicate. I wouldn’t worry about them unless you start getting a large infestation.
 
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They shouldn’t become an issue. Their presence is a sign of a healthy maturing tank. You will never fully eradicate. I wouldn’t worry about them unless you start getting a large infestation.
There are definitely quite a few! Think I will try to remove some from the glass from time to time just to keep their numbers somewhat in check!
 

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