‘Life jacket’ helps disabled goldfish swim again

A goldfish has given the ability to swim again, after his owner made him a life jacket to help him swim again.

Einstein the fish had developed ‘swim bladder disease’ which caused him to go upside down and sink to the bottom of the tank.

His owner, Leighton Leester from Blackpool, was so worried about him that he decided to make a ‘floating frame’ for him out of recycled tubing, which he managed to fit over the fishes body.

He said “He’s always been a fighter so when he sunk to the bottom one day and couldn’t get back up again it was a very sorry sight. It broke my heart to see him so helpless. He looked so depressed.”

But luckily Leester has rearranged the tank so that Einsten can swim freely through the tank like he did before.

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