The operation on the angelfish took 30 minutes to complete.
The Sun has a report on the 10-year old French angelfish above getting an operation for a hernia:
The 10-in long creature was anaesthetised before vet Sue Thornton used a scalpel, needle and forceps to repair the hole.
Water was pumped through her body and over her gills so she could breathe during the 30-minute, £500 procedure. She has now fully recovered.
James Oliver of London Aquarium, where Carla has lived for 10 years, said: “I guess it’s a bit extreme to operate on a small tropical fish, but she’s almost family.”
The full story has an even gorier picture of the operation.
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