Comments on: Controlling Leeches – Pond & Lake Q & A – Week of May 16th

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:01:02 +0000

Let us know your results with the coffee can and liver!

By: John

John — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:03 +0000

Mt wife is Filipina and she has a rice field. There are leaches in there and of course you cannot remove the much as it is needed. When trapping the leaches , the best way to get rid of them is to burn them. Dont cut them up as they will multiply themselves. She has tried many methods and now will try the coffee can with liver.

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:31:53 +0000

Carissa, Muck is really a fertilizer, so when removing you can actually place it into your garden or flower beds. Or you could just toss it as yard waste. I would use a rake called the Pond & Beach Rake to rake out as much muck as possible and then use MuckAway to keep the muck levels down. To keep leeches away for good, you need to get rid of their mucky environment.

By: Carissa:)

Carissa:) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:45:38 +0000

Hi!One Day my brother and i was fishing in my grandmas pond.about 6 year old pond and the bobber fell off our fishin’ pole so my brother got in the pond with all the muck and then got out and a leech was on his leg.As I was reading all the ways to get rid off them what if te leeches are in the muck where would i put the muck and everything?How would i kll the leeches?and keep them away for good? As soon as you can answer my question please email me back i need to get rid of these pests asap for my 3yr olds sake.
Thanks-Carissa and Carol

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:11:08 +0000

Hi Hannah, thank for your question. One of our pros, Sue C., has a great way to trap leeches, so try this: Get a metal coffee can, punch holes in the side, place meat inside can and secure lid. Leeches will crawl in and will not be able to get out. Works like a charm! Let us know if you have success with this as well. Thanks!

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:38:35 +0000

Mary,

Do you have a muck layer on the bottom of the shoreline in your area? This is where leeches like to burrow and to help keep the population down, I would suggest MuckAway to help digest some of the muck in your area.

I wouldn’t think the rocks you brought in would cause you have have leeches.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:07:42 +0000

I have a small pond in Vermont that is 4 years old. Last year, I noticed a black leech about 4″ long in the shallows and scooped it out and threw it into the meadow. This year, I have been dealing with tiny creatures that look leech-like when seen with a magnifying glass – they are about 1/16th of an inch – and are clustered on the inside of my pond standing drainpipe. They move in the water as it flows out. I take a spatula and scrape them off the surface and wash them down the pipe. They keep coming back.
In reading about environments for leeches, my pond has little muck and vegetation. What about crawfish? or adding table salt to the pond to change the Ph?

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:57:54 +0000

We have a camper on a large lake. We have leeches at our area but they do not seem to be elsewhere. Our shoreline has
mid size gray rocks to hold the shore line. We brought them in
many years ago due to excessive erosion Could they be the reason we have the leeches and they are not elsewhere?.

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:16:36 +0000

MuckAway is the best at digesting and eliminating muck. These pellets are natural bacteria that will sink into the muck to be the digestion process. For some quick results you can rake the muck out using a lake rake and then continue to use MuckAway to keep the muck levels to a minimum.

By: thepondguy

thepondguy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:13:41 +0000

Marylyn, If a leech gets attached to you, it is not immediately harmful, but can be so it to important to remove any as quickly as possible. Here is a quick article on the subject.