ID these 2 things please!

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Hello! I have 2 things that need to be ID please!

Number 1:
I noticed these awhile ago and they were small but now I just saw them again today and they're bigger. There's quite a bit of them as I noticed they're hiding in my rocks are under frags.
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To compare them to something, they're equivalent to cockroaches. They look like sea cockroaches.

Number 2
This one is attached to a new scan I got. Theirs 2. They look like the tube looking things with the feather coming out of it because the second one had something coming out but got spooked and went back in.
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Let me know what any of these are and if they're bag or good and what I can do to help me tank. Thank you! ☺️
 
I can't tell rock from hitchhiker, is that glue is that rubber band is that a hydroid? I think this is one of the only times in history where anyone will tell you to turn the blues up a bit so we can have a better look.
 
I think the first photos are Amphipods. They are good. They will be in the tank. Fish and corals will snack on them.

the second may be a form of feather duster. Can’t really tell in the photo but if so they are harmless filter feeders.

if That’s what they are, neither should be of any concern.
 
I can't tell rock from hitchhiker, is that glue is that rubber band is that a hydroid? I think this is one of the only times in history where anyone will tell you to turn the blues up a bit so we can have a better look.
This was at night when my lights were off. I've never seen them out with the lights on. It was really hard to take a photo of them because they kept hiding. They have a light grey body with a dark great line on their back and little antennas. They look like a sea cockroach.
I think the first photos are Amphipods. They are good. They will be in the tank. Fish and corals will snack on them.

the second may be a form of feather duster. Can’t really tell in the photo but if so they are harmless filter feeders.

if That’s what they are, neither should be of any concern.
Thank you! I believe it is a feather duster. And phew. Okay. I'll look those up and compare to see if you're right. I was getting so worried.
 
Amphipods. You will hear them called pods. Very good sights (normally - there are parasitic forms of copepods, but rare and much larger). Good food for creatures of the reef.
Second, probably feather dusters. Pretty, harmless, get eaten by others on reef too.
 

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