Anchor worms

[Uniquer]

I have anchor worms on my tadpoles and smaller koi and goldfish. What should i do?

 

[Pondaholic]

Google it. There are meds that u can add to the water. But, I would do a water change, Try adding some salt, and u can even give each fish its own salt bath... also, have u introduced anything new to the pond? Vegetation, or other fish....?

 

[Uniquer]

Thanks for the reply. I did some googling and got a lot of different answers. Some people said to pick the worms off by hand and some said not too. The problem with chemicles is that i dont want to kill all my snails and frogs but i did finally find something that will only kill the worms and not snails or frogs. I just started the 3 step treatment today along with some triple antibiotic food.
I added some plants to my pond that came from the park and i am sure that is where the little crustations came from. I wont do that again.