So maybe I should have looked over those wet leaves I put in the tank, or the plants I bought, more thoroughly because this morning I woke up to a weird sight in my tank. It looks like a leaf blowing in the current. Wait, what current?? There’s no filter, no bubbler, no fan, no current of any kind…

It was a leech! An honest to god regular pond leech! And I needed it out of there before it ate my shrimp or future fish! I’ve hated leeches my whole life and had to repress every iota of squeamishness to pull this fucker out of the tank with my bare hands. EWE!

I was also told of a device, a leech trap, that should ease my fears about there being any more in the tank.