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The other day I placed a bubbler into my juvenile axolotl's small tank, after a water change. I noticed that my axie seemed to be "attacking" it and playing with the bubbles, but for the past few days I haven't noticed any signs of stress. Just that he has abandoned his previous "safe" hiding spot.
Yesterday, it was a pain to get him to eat, but otherwise, no signs of stress. Normal gills and nice, flat tail.
Today, after two failed attempts to get him to eat, I noticed the tip of his tail, the very tip, curled around, like in pictures I've seen of stressed axolotls. His gills are also curled forward.
Now, I have no way of testing his water at the moment (I have a water test kit that should be arriving on monday, otherwise, I'd have to take a sample into work, and those are just test strips and not a liquid test) but the temperature is good, and I did a water change, as I said, just several days ago (I think 6? I was going to do a change tomorrow). So I turned off the air pump and am supervising my little guy.
Could this just be stress from a current generated by the bubbler? Now that the bubbler is off he seems to be a little perkier, but I his tail is still curled. He's not bloated or lethargic, and he took a snap at his food after turning the bubbler off. I'm worried, but most sources simply say that these are signs of a "stressed" axolotl.
Yesterday, it was a pain to get him to eat, but otherwise, no signs of stress. Normal gills and nice, flat tail.
Today, after two failed attempts to get him to eat, I noticed the tip of his tail, the very tip, curled around, like in pictures I've seen of stressed axolotls. His gills are also curled forward.
Now, I have no way of testing his water at the moment (I have a water test kit that should be arriving on monday, otherwise, I'd have to take a sample into work, and those are just test strips and not a liquid test) but the temperature is good, and I did a water change, as I said, just several days ago (I think 6? I was going to do a change tomorrow). So I turned off the air pump and am supervising my little guy.
Could this just be stress from a current generated by the bubbler? Now that the bubbler is off he seems to be a little perkier, but I his tail is still curled. He's not bloated or lethargic, and he took a snap at his food after turning the bubbler off. I'm worried, but most sources simply say that these are signs of a "stressed" axolotl.