courtnee
Aquarium Advice Freak
Daughter and I went to the LFS for some more tetras.
I wanted 3 bleeding heart tetras. three was enough because they look just like a serpae but white and well I have 8 serpaes they can hang out with already.
The lady was getting them for us and picked out the bigger ones as we have some pictus cats growing like hogs. She said we got a 4th one free as it got in the bag and she didnt want to dig it out. We look and there is only 3. She swears she saw a 4th. We look all over the floor, check under our feet. nothing. hmmm. A few minutes go by and she keeps checking and is uncomfortable it still got out as she is bagging up the fish.
My daughter all of a sudden breaks into tears screaming she found the fish it was on the floor. The lady tells her good job for finding it and scoops it up fast and puts it in our bag. It swam funny. It had a good 5 foot drop It started to come around.
It was a honest mistake on her part and she didnt mean for it to get out of the container. She cared enough to know that gut feeling it may be out of the tank. My daughter thank goodness found it so it didnt suffer any longer.
The lady could of grabbed it and tossed it away. Or tossed it back in their tank. Instead she gave it to us and didnt charge us for him. Wished him luck to make it.
Got home and he is out of it and swimming funny. If he makes it that would be great. If he doesnt, I know the fish and snail will just eat him. I lost a serpae back when I bought my first 6 and I only found skin as he was eaten once he died.
Crossing my fingers over here. Doing all we can
Update I went to see how he was doing and he was dead stuck to the filter. I expected it would end up that way and even told my daughter that he would prolly not make it as he had a pretty good drop. That we would try. I removed him before he could be eaten. My four-line pictus cats are growing massive in size with out eating actual fish so far. LOL They dont need that treat if I can remove it before they get to it!
Im bummed but at least we tried
I wanted 3 bleeding heart tetras. three was enough because they look just like a serpae but white and well I have 8 serpaes they can hang out with already.
The lady was getting them for us and picked out the bigger ones as we have some pictus cats growing like hogs. She said we got a 4th one free as it got in the bag and she didnt want to dig it out. We look and there is only 3. She swears she saw a 4th. We look all over the floor, check under our feet. nothing. hmmm. A few minutes go by and she keeps checking and is uncomfortable it still got out as she is bagging up the fish.
My daughter all of a sudden breaks into tears screaming she found the fish it was on the floor. The lady tells her good job for finding it and scoops it up fast and puts it in our bag. It swam funny. It had a good 5 foot drop It started to come around.
It was a honest mistake on her part and she didnt mean for it to get out of the container. She cared enough to know that gut feeling it may be out of the tank. My daughter thank goodness found it so it didnt suffer any longer.
The lady could of grabbed it and tossed it away. Or tossed it back in their tank. Instead she gave it to us and didnt charge us for him. Wished him luck to make it.
Got home and he is out of it and swimming funny. If he makes it that would be great. If he doesnt, I know the fish and snail will just eat him. I lost a serpae back when I bought my first 6 and I only found skin as he was eaten once he died.
Crossing my fingers over here. Doing all we can
Update I went to see how he was doing and he was dead stuck to the filter. I expected it would end up that way and even told my daughter that he would prolly not make it as he had a pretty good drop. That we would try. I removed him before he could be eaten. My four-line pictus cats are growing massive in size with out eating actual fish so far. LOL They dont need that treat if I can remove it before they get to it!
Im bummed but at least we tried