thanks for the reply. I was suprised to see how much stuff was on my pump. When I poped off the top it was full of little bugs and stuff crawling around.
Here is a close-up of one of those pods. They are good to have in your tank, helps with the clean-up. About the spiro worms I have a ton of them in my tank. They catch small things floating in the water with a retractable web looking line.