Hitchhikers, friend or foe?

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Anyone know a good site that has an extensive list of common hitchhikers? Saw a couple things in my tank this evening that I havent seen before and cant get good pics of them.
 
Yea I tried that one, it IDed a couple of the things I saw stomella. There are 2 things im having an issue with. One is a white tube shaped worm looking thing has no visible arms or legs swimming through the water about 1/2 inch long and no thicker than the stick to a q-tip was rapidly wiggling his body to swim. and the other is little tiny red things that look like copepods but red.
 
After looking around, at the sites you suggested and some I found on my own I think it was just a copepod I only caught a glance of it but I cant find anything that matches what I "think" I saw in that split second. The smaller red things turn out to be copepods as well, seems like everything in my tank is happy and have no bad hitch hikers or at least none Ive seen yet. thanks for the help
 

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