PhillipC
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Okay this is kind of a long story but feel free to read. So about 20 minutes ago I was lying on my couch playing on my ipod when I heard a flopping noise. I looked around and I see on my aquarium, some how my sunset plattie had jumped out, landed on the tank cover, and then flopped on the carpet. I was freaking out trying to gently coax his body onto a towel as he flopped around gasping for air. I put him back in the tank and was relieved to know the incident was over until I looked in my tank and noticed another fish gone! I was looking all over my tank expecting to see him hiding some where or at worst dead in the tank. No sight of him at all. I thought about him jumping out like the previous fish and looked around the table and carpet for him but no luck. I was utterly confused until i thought he might have jumped behind the table and in between the wall which would absolutely be the worst thing. I looked but it was dark so I used my iphone flashlight and there he was. His body laying there covered in dust. I sighed and attempted to retrieve his dead body with a chopstick that I had on site. I tried to pull his sticky body over but then he started to frantically frail. There's no word that would describe how freaked out I was then. I had to pull the 100 pound table out of the way and scrape him off the carpet with a piece of paper and take him to the closes cup of water that I could. Still covered in dust and lint he, sprang back to life. I put him into a hospital tank by himself, added stress coat, and put a towel over the tank to keep it dark. I finally sit back in relief praying that my little sunset will be okay. Well that was my horror story of today. I dont even know how both of them jumped through a 3 inch gal but I will sure fix my cover now to make sure 110% of it is covered.
