FishAddict99
Fish Fanatic
Ok so I was doing water changes on all 5 of my bettas. I was onto courage's betta change. I was pouring the water out of his 1 gallon fish bowl when he totally missed the net and went down the drain! I couldn't believe my eyes. I then became frantic, thinking that he had gone down the sink pipes and that I had lost him forever. I called my dad to come up and he said that courage was probably in the sink trap. So I frantically cleaned out the crap underneath the sink. My dad had to then get a wrench so that he could unscrew the trap. Courage was probably in the trap for about 10 minutes. I was fearing the worst; courage was almost 2 years old and he had lived a long happy life. I seriously didn't think he would be able to live through this ordeal. Well my dad finally unscrewed the trap and poured out the contents. Out came courage, alive and well. I couldn't believe it. I immediately put him in some dechlorinated water and quickly cleaned out his fish bowl. A minute later, with some dechlorinator and aquarium salt, courage was back in his tank. He seems alright but a little traumatized by the whole ordeal. He seems to be breathing heavily and is just sitting on the bottom, not really moving aside from breathing. The sink trap was really dirty with grey water and some sink crud floating in it. I'm hoping that courage will be alright after sitting in the filthy trap water for 10 minutes. I'll be really upset if he dies in the next 24 hours, I really hope he makes it!! From now on, I'm using the biggest net possible to catch the fish during water changes!!