Once upon a time I had this cute little hex tank. Had to be that same 5g hex that everyone keeps mentioning! Little undergravel filter and of course pink edges. My parents kept fish when I was really little so they knew the basics. With my 5 little danios in this tank, it got really dirty and I cleaned it all out once a month or so. When I'd clean the tank. I would pour some water into a pitcher (like in the kitchen that we'd have juice in or whatever) and net my fishies and put them in there while I cleaned their tank. I'd make it sparkle and then set it back up in my room and net the little guys out of the pitcher and put them into their nice clean home. Worked out great! Except this one time... I was all finished, put the fish back in their home and stepped back to admire my handiwork. Counted my fish 1..2..3..4......um. ok they're danios they swim fast. Let's count again. 1..234...CRAP! Im missing a fish! I panicked. Ran back into the kitchen and spied him on the floor! Grabbed a spatula and scooped him up and ran into my room and threw him in the tank. Little guy was covered in hair and dust and everything but dangit he was fine!
Thats when I decided that Danios were the best fish ever
I'm sure my parents just loved that I used our kitchen utensils for my fishtank activities haha