A beloved goldfish was taken on a 200-mile round trip to the vets to have a giant tumor removed.
Nemo, the five-year-old fish, underwent an intricate 45-minute operation on its head and shoulders.
The fish, which was bought by its owners for just £3, went on a 200-mile round trip in its goldfish bowl to a specialist vets for the surgery.
Veterinary surgeon Sonya Miles and exotics nurse Millie Gardiner carried out the successful £200 procedure - and Nemo was sent back with its owners Roy Hands, 59, and his wife Caroline, 54, to their home in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, just two hours later.
They kept it alive by putting a water-filled syringe into its mouth and gills so oxygen could remain in its system.
Incredibly the fish has now made a full recovery and is free of its tumor.
Sonya said: ““He had a massive lump on the side of where the neck would be.”
“It was difficult keeping him asleep and alive - there was a hairy moment when his heart stopped but we managed to revive him,” she added.