fish back from near death experience

columbia, sc -
it was a typical wednesday evening for an area woman as she changed her beta fish's water. the fish, known only as "fishy," has never had any problems during the transfer from bowl to holding and back during the cleaning process, the woman (who wished to remain anonymous in print) said in a press conference early friday morning. the conference was held in honor of fishy's survival. "what happened was a terrifying event," the woman said. "i changed the water in his bowl and washed his rocks [from the bottom of the bowl] and bowl with soap and rinsed very thoroughly, as always." she then said that upon refilling the bowl, she noticed a spotty substance floating on the water. curious and concerned, she rinsed the bowl again filling it with room temperature tap water and de-cholorinating drops, required for a fish's body chemistry. everything appeared to be fine, and fishy made the transfer to his normal home.
it wasn't long, however, before the woman and her companions, who had come over for dinner and game-playing, were shocked to see the fish on his side on the bottom of his bowl. "there was strange white bubbly patch on his chin and belly," the woman remembered, "and i tapped on the side of the bowl to see if he would become alert." the fish did indeed begin moving again, but soon the woman found him nearly vertical; "on his way to belly-up!" she remarked, with humor now that he is safe. the friends were concerned, and even said special prayers for the little blue fish.
upon feeling the water temperature, the woman decided the water must have been too warm for the little fish's system and she and her friends went into emergency fish-saving mode. "we scooped water out of the bowl with a clean glass," said one of the companions who was there that evening, "and ran the tap water into fishy's transfer bowl." adding one drop of the de-chlorinator to the much smaller holding container, the woman decided to keep fishy in the smaller bowl for observation over night. a full recovery was expected by bedtime but the woman thought it was too late to make the transfer. yesterday evening, fishy ate for the first time since the scare.
"i figured that was a good sign and it was time for him to go home," she said. so the woman rinsed fishy's regular bowl one more time before adding the tap water and drops to the bowl, making sure the water was cold enough and scooping the little brave beta into his regular surroundings. the fish was still alive this morning and the woman said "I figure he's back to normal now." the fish is expected to live for an indeterminate length of time.