Need help identifying these hitch hikers

tucker

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Examined my tank today for a bit and found some strange things I have several things that I would love to get some help on identifying. Also if they are good or bad and if bad how to get rid of. Ok so here is the first. Looks like small strings attached to the glass on one side. Don’t see them retract just float there. About a inch long4169554C-6BCD-4E8C-BD70-FC385F5CDD1B.jpeg The next picture are tiny white bugs on glass literally thousands. They don’t really look like copods or anthropods seem to be round and some are attached maybe mating.06FE7B61-6D86-46E1-ACE4-4B53EA219F75.jpeg The next one is a clear worm that seems to eat debri as I can see it going through body. About 2 inches long. Thought there was one but saw two come out the hole in the rock. Very fast if smt touches it sucks back in a half a second.2502BD1D-7229-4336-ACB6-042D9A3F748B.jpeg7D57C98B-4A64-4203-800C-600B24EE9412.jpeg The next one kinda looks like a clear anemone with white tips. I found several but the one I could get a pic of was about quarter inch although I found 2 in the back that were about an inch. Seem to like the shade under caves. A88D4BAE-4FB1-49AE-8D85-6E857B844CCA.jpegC7A9EF67-47C2-4943-9C2B-B660B07B9670.jpeg Next on is when I feed or they are also out at night. Looks like clearish sticky slime webs that come out of the substrate. They catch food as you can see I could get a better picture after I fed and they caught a bunch of frozen food. They can be like 6 inches long and have a ton out at night. I never really see them real in the food though. Usually shrimp just rips the shreds eating the food they catch. 0C24EA32-7537-426D-9624-900A08E3BC23.jpeg8102513B-83B2-4041-A842-897DE2C503F8.jpeg Lastly I have what looks like a black sponge usually only have clearish white ones. But this one looks to have “the thing from the horror film” appendages darting out. Is it a sponge and is it good or bad.C2DDD715-7BF1-4963-84EE-60585C88A1A0.jpeg
 

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