My first microfauna!

[CalmedByFish]

Can you help me figure out what they are? There seems to be 2 tiny species, but my eyes won't focus on them.

One seems to be a white worm, not even a millimeter long. I found 3, all on the glass. They move very slowly, but I can tell that they curve back and forth.

The other is dozens of white specks, barely bigger than flour. I can tell they're more oblong than round. They can swim, and seem to move through the water similarly to the jerky motions of baby brine. Most are on the glass, Though I can tell they move across the glass pretty quickly, I can't see any details about how they're doing it. 

(In the last few days, I've received plants from 2 places, and snails from another. I assume these critters came on plants.)

I've been wanting microfauna, so I'm pretty excited. Can you tell me what they're likely to be? And is there anything I should know to help me keep their populations alive?

[Biotope Biologist]

Sounds like planaria and daphnia without seeing anything, although pics would help me be more confident. 

 

As for the 2nd question they will just kinda hangout and do their thing. As long as the water isn't super turbulent they will be happy eating extra food and suspended particles.

[Daniel]

 

5 hours ago, CalmedByFish said:

The other is dozens of white specks, barely bigger than flour. I can tell they're more oblong than round. They can swim, and seem to move through the water similarly to the jerky motions of baby brine. Most are on the glass, Though I can tell they move across the glass pretty quickly, I can't see any details about how they're doing it.

Do the ones on the glass with the jerky motions look something like this. If so those are cyclops:

[darkG]

Most of my oval tiny white specks are young seed shrimp. But a distinct jerky movement points to copepods such as cyclops, as Daniel suggests. 

The very slow worms don't ring a bell. 

[Maggie]

I haven't seen any microfauna in my tank recently except hydra. I do see evidence of its existence though, every time a rasbora lunges and grabs something.

[Biotope Biologist]

Oops didn't see the "more oblong than round" of course I'm just shooting in the dark here based on actions. You could have any of an assortment of things. Always exciting to have microfauna

[CalmedByFish]

I've been trying to identify the critters based on your suggestions. My eyes (and phone camera) absolutely won't focus - super frustrating. 

I was planning to put fish in this tank in about a week, so I at least need to make sure it's safe to do so.

I am able to see that none of the critters are taking interest in a clump of ramshorn snail eggs. That should be a good sign that nothing is parasitic, right?