worms and other creatures

[Ohad]

Hi all,
I am a newbie and still cycling my planted tank , (no more ammonia but nitrite still high )

The thing is that I go some algae in the process...  with the algae I started to see other creatures appear  (hitchhikers form the plants) I am guessing .

I see baby snails and I know that these are good ,
I also see very skinny and long worms,  they almost look like white hair until you notice them crawling and eating the algae . I also see tinny little creatures looking like small bugs or fleas ?

I know that some worms are and some creatures are good and some can be very bad I going not find on google a worm that looks like the one I have   and I want to make sure nothing bad is going on before adding fish after the cycling .

I tried to take a picture but these are very small things we are talking about so it blurry 

Thank you 
  

[gardenman]

The worms are likely detritus worms and are normal. The small stuff in the water is just life of some sort. As a general rule, that stuff goes away as fish move in. Fish tend to gulp down anything small enough to eat and that's moving. An aquarium tends to end up with a lot of living stuff in it that we don't put in it. Nature finds a way.

[Ohad]

I am obsessed with it as I am sure you all know the feeling 😂

Also just to make it clear this picture is super closeup on a small algae spot.  My tank is not that dirty ....

Edited January 21, 2021 by Ohad

[TheDukeAnumber1]

4 minutes ago, Ohad said:

Also just to make it clear this picture is super closeup on a small algae spot.  My tank is not that dirty ....

A lot of us still see beauty even in a "dirty" algae filled tank, No shame here in showing an algae spot. 🙂