What is this worm I've never seen

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I was cleaning up my sump and noticed a couple of these worms, never seen them anywhere before. What are they?

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Aren't flatworms relatively flat? This one is kind of round like an earth worm
True. My guess was due to its relative shape (rectangle , slug like ) and movement . Monti eating midi branch is another guess . A close up photo will be awesome
 
Moves way too fast to be a flat worm.

Were they all over that dying cap?
Do you see them on anything else on the tank?
Or is it just in your sump/fuge?
 
Moves way too fast to be a flat worm.

Were they all over that dying cap?
Do you see them on anything else on the tank?
Or is it just in your sump/fuge?
The monti died due to the tank not being mature enough and I just threw it in the sump.

I've only seen them in the sump, I don't get detritus in the display due to being bare bottom. I do get a lot of detritus in the sump however.

I thought they may be detritus worms too, but I wasn't sure since it had a black stripe in the middle horizontally. Also, do saltwater tanks get detritus worms? I thought that was only in fresh water
 

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