WHAT CAN THESE BE?????????????????????????

HI
Just been out to the pond to see mi little bliters and noticed that one of my kohaku's has some very tiny little stems hanging off its head aprrox about 5mm long, black dot white stem also the hariwaki has a couple on its head and a couple on its body.
the kohaku also is showing a bit of mucas on its head. ( chrissy if you read this its not the one that usually had mucas on due to the low ph, its the one with the shimi on!!).
A couple of the fish do flash now and again but not all the time.
Pond temp is at 13.5 degs at the moment.

Any thoughts greatfully recieved.

Hi Dave,

Sounds to me like anchor worm do you have a microscope or would you like me to call.

Very easy to treat with a dab of pp and some tweezers to remove the head of the worm. That is assuming it is them as anchor worm tend to be on the underside of the koi from sitting on the bottom I beleive.

do you have any pics of them.

hi chrissy
have sent you a pm