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Question: Does my axolotl have a fungal infection?

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My 6-7 month old axolotl has always had white specks on the tips of his gills. They are not fuzzy like cotton. Should I be worried about this? He also has white spots on his tail that do come off when rubbed, pictured below. Other than that he seems healthy. Please let me know if this is a fungal infection and what to do about it. Thank you!
 

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My axolotl had a pale spot like that on her gill right before the fungus appeared. It's weird that yours had always looked like that. Are there filaments on the gill in the area of the pallor?
 
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My leucy GFP had similar white on one of her gill tips when she was younger. Picture is when she was about 6 months old, she is 1.5yrs old now. I never saw it develop in to a legitimate case of fungus though. I waited about a month or so and it never really got worse, but I did end up treating with salt baths for 5 days at that point. Eventually she grew out of it, but there are shorter and less gill fimbriae on the originally affected tip. I'd keep a close eye on it, the second you see fuzz -look in to fungal treatment. As for the white on the tail, I'm not too sure as it's kind of blurry.
Hope this helps.
 

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Hoagii said:
My axolotl had a pale spot like that on her gill right before the fungus appeared. It's weird that yours had always looked like that. Are there filaments on the gill in the area of the pallor?
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There seems to be less around that area. On every gill there's these white tips.
 
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Fimbriae said:
My leucy GFP had similar white on one of her gill tips when she was younger. Picture is when she was about 6 months old, she is 1.5yrs old now. I never saw it develop in to a legitimate case of fungus though. I waited about a month or so and it never really got worse, but I did end up treating with salt baths for 5 days at that point. Eventually she grew out of it, but there are shorter and less gill fimbriae on the originally affected tip. I'd keep a close eye on it, the second you see fuzz -look in to fungal treatment. As for the white on the tail, I'm not too sure as it's kind of blurry.
Hope this helps.
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She is very cute! I'm glad she didn't end up having fungus, i'm hoping that's not the case with mine either. He also has less filaments around the area. I will do salt baths if it worsens, thanks! (The tail is back to normal oddly enough.)
 
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She is very cute! I'm glad she didn't end up having fungus, i'm hoping that's not the case with mine either. He also has less filaments around the area. I will do salt baths if it worsens, thanks! (The tail is back to normal oddly enough.)
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No problem. If you do end up having to use salt baths, I would cut the regular concentration in half or so since he's 6-7 months old.
Good luck :eek:
 
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Fimbriae said:
No problem. If you do end up having to use salt baths, I would cut the regular concentration in half or so since he's 6-7 months old.
Good luck :eek:
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Did her gills look better after you did salt baths or did it go away on its own?
 
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It seemed as though it was gradually worsening before the salt baths. Nearly a year later and that gill tip still isn't perfect though. She appears healthy, a little husky as of late (pear shaped). I think she might be gravid.
 
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Fimbriae said:
It seemed as though it was gradually worsening before the salt baths. Nearly a year later and that gill tip still isn't perfect though. She appears healthy, a little husky as of late (pear shaped). I think she might be gravid.
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That's good to know, thanks for the help! I think i'm going to give him a salt bath. He seems to have these white tips on almost every gill.
 
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