One of my ponds has been infested by some lousy external parasite. It is mainly in my LMB's mouths, but sometimes on a fin or tail. It's not an anchorworm, but is a bloodsucker, as I took one out with hemostats and it was full of blood. Not leeches either. They look transparent, but with some mottling. I would say they look like...but I have never seen anything like them before. Worst fish had 8 or 9 in thier mouths. Others none or one. Had this pond for over 7 years and never seen one before. How do I identify these things? I have scoured the web for photos and not seen anything like them. Fish look fat and healthy, but I was pulling them off for the most part and sun baking them. The majority are in the LMBs mouth, roof. They are just too small to get a good photo of them. The biggest ones are about 3/8 inch. And when I remove them a sucker type mouth starts poking around.
Last edited by The Pond Frog; 05/21/10 09:36 PM.
