My college goldfish JoJo, who got me into fish keeping, just passed

[rdriggett]

Hi all, I'm genuinely devastated this morning. I looked out my window and saw my goldfish swimming vertically and laying on the bottom of my pond. He hasn't responded to Epsom salt treatment and I think its dropsy. I will have to put him down as he is barely breathing.
This free goldfish from my RA in college got me into fish keeping. He went from a bowl to a 1gal to a 29gal to a 1200gal pond I dug by hand just for him. I would not be into this hobby at all if it wasn't for JoJo. His buddy Dio the goldfish will hopefully carry on his legacy.

Here are some pictures over the years of him. I hope he will enjoy Fish heaven.

Rest In Peace JoJo the goldfish.

 

[Ragglefraggle]

Rest in peace Jojo

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Sad
My sympathies
How many years?

 

[rdriggett]

Sad
My sympathies
How many years?

2018-2022. Longer than I would expect for a pet smart fish but I am beyond emotionally attached to him.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

The 2 goldfish “feeders” are from petclub 2016
The shubunkins are from 2020
And the turtle is from 1995

 

[JimWelsh]

Really sorry for your loss. 1200 gallons worth of hole is a lot of digging.

 

[JVU]

My condolences. He obviously had a loving home though.

 

[sfsuphysics]

My father had a number of "5 cent feeder" fish that grew to "larger than hand" size, raccoons came first and decided that only the meat near the head was worth eating and left the rest of the body near the pond, he then planted a number of cactii around the edge of the pond (the ones with the super long spikes) and that seemed to hold them back for a bit... then one day a heron decided to go for a snack and he was done with it.

 

[Apon]

the longest comet I had living was 15 years old in a 20gall. It was a carnival won fish. Got to about 8 inches long

 

[MolaMola]

Sorry to hear about JoJo. I am glad you had him and also, how cool that he led you to reefkeeping.

 

[alvarengadaniel8]

Rip jojo.

 

[Klatzy]

Oh man that's so sad.