There are two types of leeches.

Some eat detritus, rotting organic matter in the
pond, and some latch on and are blood eaters.

Snag one out and put it in a jar of pond water
with some liver. If it turns up its nose at the
liver, then you've got a detritus eating leech
and I wouldn't worry about it.

If it likes the liver then you can bait a minnow
trap or clamshell strawberry baskets with liver,
toss in the pond, pull out
and you can remove the leeches that way.

Also flatworms look a lot like leeches. If you
get one out look at its head, if it is slightly
spade shaped and you can see eye spots
then it is a flatworm and nothing to worry
about.

And finally if they, the critters are only latched
on in moving water they could be blackfly
larva which look a lot like tiny leeches to
some folks. Brush those off for fish food.

kathy :-)
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