My story starts off under my loft bed (bunk bed like but with no bottom bunk)with my 10g fry tank full of about fifty or so platy fry. While feeding the fry I trip over some boards that's my sister's taken apart futon, causeing it to fall and crash into the tank cracking it up the whole side, it didnt break untill I tripped over the boards a second time. The glass just gave away and water was spilling everywhere. Thank goodness the tank is on a rolling cart, so I rolled it outside. I get a net and a bucket to put the fry in, it being a very windy day...I caught the fish in the net then they flew away. I didnt make an effort to find them in the tall grass.
By this time I have tears rolling down my face because this is the first time I had a breeder tank. My dad comes out and tries to help me find fry in the tanks' substrate. I ended up with about ten of the larger fry and the mothers in a five gallon bucket till we bought a new 10g.
The lessons learned: nothing that can fall around the tank, have a back up tank, and dont have fish out on a windy day.