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It should be a Characidium species, often called hummingbird darter tetras.

Platystacus cotylephorus Female - around 9 inches

Platystacus cotylephorus Young male - 5 inches.

Platystacus cotylephorus Young male - 5 inches

Platystacus cotylephorus. Young female - 5 inches.

They aren't tubifex, those aren't thick and dorsoventrally flattened like in that second pic. This is some species of freshwater ribbon worm. Easiest way to get rid of them is to just remove them yourself when you see them unfortunately, even if not incredibly effective. Not much info out there...

They're both in genus Mikrogeophagus, ramirezi is the species name for blue rams, altispinosus for bolivians.

SB type

Platystacus cotylephorus

Platystacus cotylephorus

Platystacus cotylephorus

If you're going to get a banjo cat, I'd first make sure you have fine sand for the substrate as they bury during the day.

They don't tend to go for shrimp. Snails, small worms and larvae are on the menu.

They do indeed feed on snails. Ramshorns are among their favs too. They are great parents, carrying the young on their bellies, so you can potentially end up with quite a few.

Yep, that's a snail leech.

Platystacus cotylephorus

Platystacus cotylephorus

It's a snakeskin gourami, Trichopodus pectoralis. Gets pretty big.