Is this a Parasite or Pond Worm Leech?

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Does anyone know what this is. I found inside my Pond Thermometer next to my Potted Plant. Looks like a leach but stretches to a flat worm. Is it a tiny flatworm or leech what is it? Is this a parasite dangerous to my fish?
It’s teeny tiny but 2nd to last picture is closeup before it wiggles when I took thermometer out of water it stretches out and moves like a worm or leech.
 

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Parasites generally are to small to see with the nakedness eye. Ick being an exception.
 

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