ID: Pods or pests?

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Hello,

I'm relatively new to owning a saltwater tank, and I have a pico with some newly introduced corals. I've seen what looks like small rectangles in my tank before and after asking google I assumed it was pods, am I wrong and it is a pest?
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Looks like poop unless they are moving. Use a baster and push the debris into the water column to get rid of it via mechanical filteration.
 
That's the weird thing, I only have small snails...
 
Thanks for the insight! Guess I didn't think the snails could do that lol
 
There is no visible movement
 

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