I know this is a really lousy picture, but after 30 minutes I just gave up. I have 3 BG that I took from my pond and put in a tank with two LMB. this is a fun way to spend the winter. In the last couple days I have noticed a small parasite attached to the side fin of one of my BG. It is white and about a cm long. I have found nothing like it on the internet. It is not attached to the body (anchor worm) and does not look like a leech. Here is my really bad picture (look at his ride side fin).



I will pull him from the tank tomorrow and get a better picture, but was hoping that someone would come back with an, "of course, that is easy. It is obviously a ..."

These fish will go back in the pond in the spring. I want to figure out if I have a problem in the pond that I have to deal with.


Brian
Retired Coach

Just another day in paradise!