I have noticed that I have leeches in my pond. They are attaching themselves
to my fish. what is the best way of getting rid of them

fred


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I have noticed that I have leeches in my pond. They are attaching themselves
to my fish. what is the best way of getting rid of them

fred


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If they truly are leeces and not something else, drop a piece of liver tied to
a string into the pond for a while then pull it out and dispose of they should
attatch to the liver. bleck, bleck, bleck, the thought is just gross lol.

I have noticed that I have leeches in my pond. They are attaching themselves
to my fish. what is the best way of getting rid of them

More likely they are anchor worms, and there is medicine for them Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:111753

And if they *aren't* leeches, they may be anchor worms, which kinda look
like leeches: http://tinyurl.com/cupr

Lee

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I have noticed that I have leeches in my pond. They are attaching
themselves
to my fish. what is the best way of getting rid of them

fred


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One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

On 13 Feb 2004 08:26:17 -0600
"Lee B." wrote:

One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw
liver in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the
leeches (much easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them
that way. There are probably other (chemical) ways to remove them,
but this will give you a head start on the problem.

Lee

Marvelous idea, and one which I will implement in my ponds come spring.

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

Thanks Lee
"Lee B." wrote in message
...
One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw
liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There
are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a
head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue
orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out
of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

On 13 Feb 2004 08:26:17 -0600
"Lee B." wrote:

One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw
liver in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the
leeches (much easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them
that way. There are probably other (chemical) ways to remove them,
but this will give you a head start on the problem.

Lee

Marvelous idea, and one which I will implement in my ponds come spring.

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

Thanks Lee
"Lee B." wrote in message
...
One way to distract them from your fish would be to put a piece of raw
liver
in the pond where you can retrieve it. It will attract the leeches (much
easier to catch than goldfish), and you can remove them that way. There
are
probably other (chemical) ways to remove them, but this will give you a
head
start on the problem.

Lee

"Hazel Paynter" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have just found your group and have a question.
I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue
orfe.
My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out
of
winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my
fish. I have tried to find a way to prevent these creatures killing my
fish
without sucess, any ideas?

Thank you
Hazel

In case your fish like to nibble on the liver you can put the liver in an
enclosed set of strawberry type mesh containers and tie a piece
of string to it to reel it, and hopefully any captive leeches, in.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

In case your fish like to nibble on the liver you can put the liver in an
enclosed set of strawberry type mesh containers and tie a piece
of string to it to reel it, and hopefully any captive leeches, in.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

In case your fish like to nibble on the liver you can put the liver in an
enclosed set of strawberry type mesh containers and tie a piece
of string to it to reel it, and hopefully any captive leeches, in.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A