Question: What could this be?

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A couple of days ago these weird deposits appeared on the slate floor of the tank, they look like the decay'ed remains of blood worm but I siphon any left over food after I've fed them. They appear to be stuck to the slate, I have to scrape the bottom to remove them but after a few hours there back again. Any ideas at what they could be?

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They're the tubes of some small worm or larva. Pretty common in ponds. I wouldn't worry about them - they're not a threat to your axolotls.
 
As long as its nothing to worry about thats fine, it just looks horrible. Theres also tiny tiny worm like things wriggling around in the water but are minuscule in comparison to the marks left.
 
Urgh, I had those for a while in one of my tanks. Annoying to clean up! The axies were small enough to make tasty lunch out of the worms though!
 
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