Are these detritus worms

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my wife found these on her sword talk tank , water Parameters are all normal temp is 77 degrees. Are they detritus worms?
 

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To me they look like these - copepods
 

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There's detritus worms too the "C" shaped thingies everywhere.
 
Ya I’m at work right now so I can’t get a picture. They kind of look like that. Also like tadpoles. They are super super small.
Agreeing with Matt here. Without a better photo it's hard to tell for sure, but the body shape and the fact they're on the glass leads me towards copepods too.

Detritus worms are longer and are the same width pretty much all the way down the body. They typically stay in the substrate as well and are not found outside of it unless they're very overpopulated.

There's detritus worms too the "C" shaped thingies everywhere.
Those almost certainly aren't detritus worms. They're probably rhabdocoel flatworms, if anything at all.
 

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