Tiny white wiggly worm?

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Anyone knows what these little wiggly white worms are? They are max lengthy 2 mm round and not flat. Always on my glass or on the rock where Cyano is presented.

Not sure what they are.. good or bad? Any ideas?

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I tried to compared them to white round planeria but no match.
They are almost mowing constantly. No slowdowns and speed upss. It's a bit like snake.
 
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Unable to see video but most likely Polychaeta bristle worm larva from you description .
 
The problem is on my end.. using Safari and the forum doesn’t support it yet for video playback. Let’s see if we can get some more eye’s on this.

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I've never seen any bristle worm that was white, even very, very small ones. But it's possible.
 
Flatworm?
 
They are not flat. I compared it to round worms but they don't have triangle-ish head.
Just 2 tiny black eyes on front.
Plus the way it's moving it indicate it's not flatworm. It just moves in 1 constant motion rather than more of flatwornm ish way.. Not sure if that make sense.. lol
 
Some kind of nemotode. I have them all over in my fuge and they don't seem to harm anything. From what I have read they are mostly harmless but a few species are parasitic in nature. The others are fish food. I wouldn't worry about them if your fish are healthy.
 

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