“Thankfully, I already had the right equipment ready, which made it possible to act quickly.”
Rempala posted about the missing pet on his local community page but no one has come to collect the fish yet.
Tim Rempala feeding the goldfish he rescued, which he believes is a female fish.
He knew of a few ponds in his area and assumed one of them must have overflowed from the rain, washing away the fish.
He said the “poor thing” might have floated away for a considerable distance because both sides of its body were de-scaled.
The fish was “bashed-up” when Rempala found it but it has since been administered medication and is on the road to recovery, he said.
Janhavi Gosavi is a Wellington-based journalist for the New Zealand Herald who covers news in the capital.