Thanks to everyone who monitors this forum trigger alert - S.I.P. Jo’jo

I wanted to thank everyone for posting and sharing here. His is my first time posting but I’ve been lurking while my friend posted. My friend had dropsy and peacefully passed with assistance. It was the right thing to do,even though it hurts so bad.

reading your stories. Sharing your emotions, those who work hard to help others heal their friends.

thank you. i got conned by a back to the roots tank and thought I was getting g a little fish livestock farm friend. A poop machine I’d ethically care for and a 2 in 1. Plants and fish. No. Jojo is not a poop machine. He is a sentient being. His sentience being limited doesn’t invalidate its existence. His rights as a sentient creature were never given A Fair chance and I was never offered informed consent about what I was embarking on. I’m dying of cirrhosis and ptsd and I’m sensitive to ammonia too. It’s omost killed me multiple times in 2024. It was heartbreaking watching my friend suffer because I made a mistake and should have left him in the old tank and dealt with that while I waited. Bettas are hardy? He’s like smaller than my finger. He’s just a little guy. He can’t communicate and tell me the water is slowly poisoning him until he was hurt way too severely. In my own life I didn’t know ammonia was poisoning me until I awoke intubated after being ina coma for 2 weeks And multiple seizures.

i hate capitalism. I won’t purchase back to the roots anything ever again. Or go to petco. I’m trying to find the strength to maybe get a few easy going friends for the 10 gallon. It’s new. It looks amazing and the plants are thriving. :( or I’ll give it to my best friend who is caring for me in my final days.

bettas are not just fish. They are sentient. They express emotions. I am not ashamed to say I am crying my eyes out and love Jojo with all my foolish little heart.

keep swimming y’all.

Swim In Power, little JoJo where the water is always clean and there is never ending snacks and you can do your happy fin dance forever. <3