We took it outside, washed it out, and put the fish in to another bowl. I walked in to the living room as Olin was finishing up the water situation and he was crying and frantic. He said "Mom, I think I killed Driller!" (Driller is our white fish, the guppy that slipped in to the bag of 3 fish that we bought). He was fairly hysterical and I said it was ok, and then tried to calm him down. We sat there on the couch, hugging, him crying badly, and then I calmed him down by asking what happened. He said he think he flushed him down the toilet because as he put a bowl of water in the toilet, there was no Driller. I said ok, and then we got up and I checked the bowl. Only 3 fish. I checked the other two empty bowls, and there were no fish. I was about to go check the toilet when I decided to just look around the bowls to make sure. Sure enough, there was Driller, flopping about on the towel we had placed! If I had to wager a guess, I would say he had been on dry land for about a minute. I very quickly scooped him up with my hand and flipped him in to the bowl with his 3 friends. I think he, and Olin, were both stunned.
We kept a close eye on him that afternoon and this morning and I'm happy to report that 1) the fish tank has never been cleaner and 2) Driller seems to have made a full recovery. Olin said he thinks Driller is going to have a heart attack one of these days because he has had to survive so many surprises, like the fact that he came home with us when we didn't purchase him. haha.
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| We've rejuvenated our Aquaponics system with some radish seeds that teacher Samuel gave us. I hope they grow! |
hilarious experience! Thank goodness Driller was discovered in time and survived!
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