Delzoun
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I'm not exactly sure whether to put this under illness or question.
Anyways, I recently purchased another axolotl (wild type) about 5 inches long so I knew it was a juvenile. I asked questions and they said that they are nearing out of their cannibalism stage and that they did not attack each other, despite having 4 or 5 in the same tank, all juvies. I picked out the healthiest and most active of them and into my tank she went. For the first day they seemed to be getting along very well and saw no aggressive behavior. Long story short later that night I came back and saw that the new one was missing 2 toes on his right arm and that my original leucistic's arm was torn very badly.
I quickly moved the new one to a quarantined tank, very cold water to help him. I decided however that the damage on my original's arm was pretty rough and that since I was going to fridge him anyways (he somehow got an air bladder infection, so nonstop floating D: ) that it should help recovery as well. I fridged him 5 hours ago (and put the wild into the tank they were both in keeping it cold and dark) and just recently checked on him. The temperature is at 43 degrees farenheit (6.1 celcius) so prime temperature as far as I have read from the many guides I've read. So when I opened it up to clean out poo and give him a bit of food, it turns out he was still swimming around. He ate some bloodworms which is good, but I'm not sure that he's supposed to be swimming around? This is my first time fridging and I've never heard of anything like this happening. Any answers are greatly appreciated!
Sorry I didn't think to get pics at the time, I wanted to get him back in as soon as possible, I'll upload pics later today or is it safe to open him back up and take pics?
I just went to the store and got a few supplies, and so now when I return my original I'll have a divider between the two until my new one starts being more friendly. I've done tests on pH and Ammonia, all good. I don't know where my stuff for nitrates/nitrites went but last time I checked they were fine. My tank is very clean as I have been doing 10% water changes every 2-3 days and I do not think there is much of a chance of infection or fungus for my wild one missing two of his toes, but I was wondering if I should give him a tea bath just to be sure. I could not get my hands on any Holtfreter's solution which I heard is great or any Indian almond tree leaves which I also heard are great for that. If you know any easy way to get that please tell me for future reference! Thanks. Lastly I don't think this is too much of an issue, because it may still be because the new one is still pretty new, but she won't eat. I tried hand feeding her some blood worms yesterday, didn't accept, then I tried hand feeding some today. Still didn't work. And now I tried some tubifex worms just now, she took them, then she immediately spit them out and won't try again. She was being fed on sinking salmon pellets I believe, which I don't like to feed my axolotls, so I really want her to eat these foods. Is it just because she is new, or is she being a picky eater and I should try earthworms next?
Jeez, I'm so sorry for this huge wall of text, I just feel the need to give as much details as possible and hopefully it's helpful and thank you so much for going through the trouble of reading it. Any tips on anything and any answers on anything to help for future or currently are extremely helpful. Thanks!
Anyways, I recently purchased another axolotl (wild type) about 5 inches long so I knew it was a juvenile. I asked questions and they said that they are nearing out of their cannibalism stage and that they did not attack each other, despite having 4 or 5 in the same tank, all juvies. I picked out the healthiest and most active of them and into my tank she went. For the first day they seemed to be getting along very well and saw no aggressive behavior. Long story short later that night I came back and saw that the new one was missing 2 toes on his right arm and that my original leucistic's arm was torn very badly.
I quickly moved the new one to a quarantined tank, very cold water to help him. I decided however that the damage on my original's arm was pretty rough and that since I was going to fridge him anyways (he somehow got an air bladder infection, so nonstop floating D: ) that it should help recovery as well. I fridged him 5 hours ago (and put the wild into the tank they were both in keeping it cold and dark) and just recently checked on him. The temperature is at 43 degrees farenheit (6.1 celcius) so prime temperature as far as I have read from the many guides I've read. So when I opened it up to clean out poo and give him a bit of food, it turns out he was still swimming around. He ate some bloodworms which is good, but I'm not sure that he's supposed to be swimming around? This is my first time fridging and I've never heard of anything like this happening. Any answers are greatly appreciated!
Sorry I didn't think to get pics at the time, I wanted to get him back in as soon as possible, I'll upload pics later today or is it safe to open him back up and take pics?I just went to the store and got a few supplies, and so now when I return my original I'll have a divider between the two until my new one starts being more friendly. I've done tests on pH and Ammonia, all good. I don't know where my stuff for nitrates/nitrites went but last time I checked they were fine. My tank is very clean as I have been doing 10% water changes every 2-3 days and I do not think there is much of a chance of infection or fungus for my wild one missing two of his toes, but I was wondering if I should give him a tea bath just to be sure. I could not get my hands on any Holtfreter's solution which I heard is great or any Indian almond tree leaves which I also heard are great for that. If you know any easy way to get that please tell me for future reference! Thanks. Lastly I don't think this is too much of an issue, because it may still be because the new one is still pretty new, but she won't eat. I tried hand feeding her some blood worms yesterday, didn't accept, then I tried hand feeding some today. Still didn't work. And now I tried some tubifex worms just now, she took them, then she immediately spit them out and won't try again. She was being fed on sinking salmon pellets I believe, which I don't like to feed my axolotls, so I really want her to eat these foods. Is it just because she is new, or is she being a picky eater and I should try earthworms next?
Jeez, I'm so sorry for this huge wall of text, I just feel the need to give as much details as possible and hopefully it's helpful and thank you so much for going through the trouble of reading it. Any tips on anything and any answers on anything to help for future or currently are extremely helpful. Thanks!
