I hope the little guy can survive now that he's out with everyone else and not in the filter. He is too large to eat but I worry whether he'll come out to eat. I suppose I'm worrying over nothing though. He's not going to let himself starve, right?
I found him when I dumped the water in the filter into the bathtub. My filter had broken so I was getting the water out and out plopped this little squiggling thing. I was in shock for a second but I scooped it up as gently and quickly as possible, screaming to the kids, "Baby Cory! Baby Cory!" I dashed with the little fellow into my room and put him into the tank. He shot under a piece of driftwood and out of sight just as the kids came running in. Luckily, we all saw him later in the evening when much was made over the cute tiny baby whiskers.