I looked at my fishies today and noticed hundreds of little white "baggies" hanging from the sides of my tank at all water levels just "blowing in the breeze"; what in the world are they?! They are shaped just like this pirate hook ( http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.piratemerch.com/images/pirate_hook_58275.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.piratemerch.com/pirate-costumes-pirate-costume-accessories-c-58_50.html&usg=__Ea8u2GAGxuwNUIm3wcncuB7GvD8=&h=500&w=500&sz=16&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=yTgDgQo7oEJhwM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=142&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpirtate%2Bhook%2Bcostume%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26rlz%3D1I7ADFA_en%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D577%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=522&ei=ONKHTMfDGoHCnAetm6iCDg&oei=ONKHTMfDGoHCnAetm6iCDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=65&ty=93 ) in which the curved part of the actual hook is chopped off.
Sticking with the picture, imagine: the nub part is frayed at the bottom and loose in the water; the stick/hook portion is stuck onto the sides of my tank. Each is about the size of the end of a pencil lead, and there are hundreds of them: OMG!

The tank was just moved from home to my dorm on Aug 30th, so it is possible that something different is in the water here. I did travel with about 8gal of water or so from home, all the bacteria and wheel were preserved in water through trip, fish were transfered to hot-water-cleaned rubbermade container for transport and reintroduced to tank after it was back up and water running for about 5ish hours by being floated in baggies for about 20min.

I did have an ick-scare (treated 29days with Coppersafe and sponge filter by marineland). Ick scare means I treat preventatively now for three days with Jungle’s Ick Guard II 1xmonth (without carbon filter of course) bc I believe the parasites are in my water.

No signs of fish distress, etc; everyone is perfectly normal. One fished died in hospital tank due to long-lasting, unknown, internal infection/parasite/bacteria(??)… there was nothing more I could do.

***My fishtank, freshwater, tropical community:***

-15gal tall Eclipse System 150gal/hr filtration
-Access to sunlight, but not in direct sun at all (light is just bouncing off white walls lol). Hood’s lamp is used to light and heat tank during the day.
-Heated to a constant +/- 78-80*F by seperate heater always (lamp does so on its own).
-7 Zebra Danios (5F 2M I believe)
-2 Mystery Snails (1 F 1unknown)
-2 Dwarf Gouramis (both F)
-I think that we might have neamatoads (or whatever those little white worms are that come out at night) bc my mom’s tank (same set up and water supply) have them.

-Fish are fed any variety of Tetra’s Bettamin, Tetra Min Tropical Chrips/Granuals/FD Shrimp and Tetra FD Bloodworms & Tetra Algea Waffers.
-No live plants, etc. but tons and tons of fake plants and decorations including a new plant that cover 1/3 the tank’s surface.
-Tank floor is a mixture of sand, "pond rock"/larger stones, and gravel all from LFS and very very old sea shells that have been in our tanks for years.
-API Aquarium Salt is replaced 1xmonth in a small pet-co cup

Any comments or advice will be appreciated. …I’m trying not to worry. Thank you
Sarahbeth
To make it clear: there are no parasites/etc on the fish… just whatever this is stuck to the walls of the tank.

Also, I don’t know the water’s quality but it was just changed this past weekend.
Thank you for your reply, Tracy. Could you please clarify this:

"More significantly, trying to kill a bunch of animals in your aquarium means you’re going to end up with lots of decay, and that means poor water quality. Imagine if you killed off a nest of rats with rat poison, but just left the bodies to rot. Bad. The correct approach here is to ignore the worms, and instead control their numbers so the population dies back over time."

Are you saying these things are worms? worm eggs? are you also saying don’t kill them –or that I killed something, like the ick??– and that instead just remove them with the PT method? also, so they’re harmless and sorta beneficial… should I just leave them? I don’t mind as long as the fish are gonna be okay.

Sorry for the confusion! Thanks!!
Sorry: nevermind Tracy. I understand what you are saying now. Thank you! Your comment makes sense

I have a great little black Pomeranian that loves to dress up. (You can tell by the way he struts around that knows he looks handsome!) Naturally I want to be able to find him an awesome costume for Halloween. I don’t even know what I want to do for Halloween myself (I’m 21 years old, by the way) but I’ve been thinking about dressing to match him. Have you seen any cute and not terribly expensive dog costumes? And what could I do to match him?

Note: I have tattoos and piercings. We like creepy stuff. I’m not a fan of the especially slutty costumes but at the same time I don’t want to look frumpy or boring. I’m not scared of a short skirt, but I don’t want to show off any goods, if you know what I mean. Also, I /hate/ this Twilight phase everyone’s going through, so nothing too vampire-tastic.

And lastly, for all you pet fanatics out there that might get cross with me wanting to dress up with him: Please, just because he’s a Pomeranian, don’t think that I consider him my fashion dog. He’s my buddy and I spoil the heck out of him because I love him. He’s not my accessory, he’s my partner in crime. <3
@Maxx: I’m not a fan of smartasses. "Have you seen any cute and not terribly expensive dog costumes? And what could I do to match him?"