Small white snails/feather dusters and eggs?

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Hi all, getting ready to move my fish to a bigger tank I recently set up and wondering what these might be? A few different IDs I think are needed.
First, these guys
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On the stem of the frogspawn but there is also hundreds of them all over my rock work.

I also have these which kind of look like feather dusters? They are super small but look like they have the fan on the end of them

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lastly I have these super super small, grey, egg sacks on my back wall. The eggs are probably the size of a mustard seed. Much much smaller than a poppy seed. Like Bahama Oolite grain size small. 262EA49A-93DF-4FAA-B9B7-95452EB7808B.jpeg
 

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The first little circular ones are Spirorbid Worms which are absolutely harmless. They are little filter feeders and you can scrape them off if you don't like the way they look But other than that they won't hurt anything. Not really sure about the second set of pics.
 

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The first little circular ones are Spirorbid Worms which are absolutely harmless. They are little filter feeders and you can scrape them off if you don't like the way they look But other than that they won't hurt anything. Not really sure about the second set of pics.
Hi all, getting ready to move my fish to a bigger tank I recently set up and wondering what these might be? A few different IDs I think are needed.
First, these guys
B9AE6B6E-A18C-49D7-9356-F8A3BE40AB62.jpeg

54EFFDFE-B78C-4BA3-BDD7-8CB7F20C6EAA.jpeg

537D6048-AFA2-4F4A-8030-3C2651E61212.jpeg

On the stem of the frogspawn but there is also hundreds of them all over my rock work.

I also have these which kind of look like feather dusters? They are super small but look like they have the fan on the end of them

6760DBB7-1C29-4033-979D-BDAB264D12F1.jpeg
8B31DBE3-CF08-4D39-8118-639BE10B1885.jpeg
99263559-E61A-471C-A4C4-C88CFFD4135E.jpeg


lastly I have these super super small, grey, egg sacks on my back wall. The eggs are probably the size of a mustard seed. Much much smaller than a poppy seed. Like Bahama Oolite grain size small. 262EA49A-93DF-4FAA-B9B7-95452EB7808B.jpeg
Spirorbids, feather dusters and hydroids.
 
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The first little circular ones are Spirorbid Worms which are absolutely harmless. They are little filter feeders and you can scrape them off if you don't like the way they look But other than that they won't hurt anything. Not really sure about the second set of pics.
Thanks!!
 
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Do you have a Wrasse of any kind in your tank? They usually hunt and eat those.
So I really love the six line (their colors are great) but heard they can be a pain in the butt.. those are from my small tank and I’m in the process of transferring them over to my new 50gal. I moved my fish but none of my corals yet because of them.
I was lookin at getting a pink streaked wrasse if that would help?
 

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So I really love the six line (their colors are great) but heard they can be a pain in the butt.. those are from my small tank and I’m in the process of transferring them over to my new 50gal. I moved my fish but none of my corals yet because of them.
I was lookin at getting a pink streaked wrasse if that would help?
I have a Melanurus In Qt right now I am going to Put him in my 55gal I do not have any Pest issues "That I know of" My reef Sensei told me to get one they do great at keeping hydroids and worm populations down..
 

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