SarahClare
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We had a 55 gallon fish tank, but it got a crack in the top one day (we don’ know how it happened, it was there in the morning) Anyways it was 4 months after we first got it and only had 5 fish in it so we bought another one the same size and transferred all 5 fish from that tank to the new one. The old one we emptied of most of the water (The crack was at the top and made it to where it could only hold water to about ½ way up.) but it was still too heavy for me and my mom so we decided to ask my aunt and uncle to help and they said they would, but never got around to it, then the water got really stinky and they said they would only help after we got all of the water out. (The tank sat next to the window in an unused room with no heat, so you couldn’t smell it unless you were near the tank.) So my mom emptied out most of the remaining water then started on the rocks. She got out most of the rocks (And the water is pitch black at this point btw.) and as she was scooping out the last few rocks she sees a fish in the scoop. Suddenly in my room I hear a scream so I go out there and she’s freaking out. She got out an old fishbowl we had and put it in there along with several rocks and of course some of the gross water. Then put in some clean water from our new fish tank. Now, we only bought five fish for that tank and all five were the pink, yellow or orange glow fish. This fish is some sort of…uhhh…kind of brown, but light tan fleshy see through almost color with a shiny gold tint and it’s around two inches long eel gross creepy ugly thing with really bright tiny yellow eyes. We can’t see it well still past all the nasty stuff that was in the old water, but I noticed it has centimeter long whiskers and a few shorter than that in a ring all the way around its mouth. Looking closer just now, it looks like some of those whisker things are coming out of its mouth too. We have no idea what the heck it is or where it came from. We never bought any fish like that and that tank has been sitting there for over two months now with no food and next to a window. It’s winter in Alaska and there’s no heat in that room. Plus the water was really dark and gross. And my little 2 year old cousin comes over sometimes and tossed some toys, books, a glue bottle and other things in there. We have no idea how it would have survived. Now my mom just came in freaked out because she was watching it and it moved just its head and its body stayed still while it looked around. I don’t think fish can do that, can they? Anyways…does anyone have any idea of…what to do with this weird fish or any idea of how it could have gotten there or…what? Anything would be helpful. Does it sound like any kind of fish you’ve heard of?
(I just want to know how the heck it got there >_<)
(I just want to know how the heck it got there >_<)