wreckgar
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Hi all, got my Axie on Saturday morning, very chuffed! I bought a nice resin cave for him, but realised when I got it home that it was too wide and took too much of the tank (he's temporarily in a 35 cm tank for a month) so I sawed it in half, thoroughly sanded and cleaned it. I did the same to the cut off bits and broke them into smaller pieces, so they look like rocks littered around the floor.
Foodwise, I got catfish pellets (hope this is ok? They have 10% oil content and was told they were similar to salmon pellets) Chucked one in the tank right near his mouth, he wouldn't eat, so I used a chopstick to push the pellet around and he munched it. I have concerns though, could you help me by answering the following?
1) The place I bought him from had him in temps of 28 degrees c, I now have him in a tank at 20 degrees, awaiting an aquarium fan from Ebay to bring the temp down more. Could the high temp have damaged him?
2) He is passing gravel, so far about 8 pieces in 3 days - I know this because I have no substrate! The gravel pieces are about .5cm wide. Is there anything I can give him to help pass the gravel?
3) He has yellow spots on both his sides, I have attached some images, you can just about see them. Is this normal or indicatave of disease?
4) He doesn't do anything much in way of movement, is this quite normal?
5) Feeding - how do you get them to feed if you cannot get in their eyeline, when he is in his cave sometimes I can't manouver the chopstick so he sees it. At the moment I am having to lift the cave off him, this can't be good for him!
Thanks for your help everyone!
Foodwise, I got catfish pellets (hope this is ok? They have 10% oil content and was told they were similar to salmon pellets) Chucked one in the tank right near his mouth, he wouldn't eat, so I used a chopstick to push the pellet around and he munched it. I have concerns though, could you help me by answering the following?
1) The place I bought him from had him in temps of 28 degrees c, I now have him in a tank at 20 degrees, awaiting an aquarium fan from Ebay to bring the temp down more. Could the high temp have damaged him?
2) He is passing gravel, so far about 8 pieces in 3 days - I know this because I have no substrate! The gravel pieces are about .5cm wide. Is there anything I can give him to help pass the gravel?
3) He has yellow spots on both his sides, I have attached some images, you can just about see them. Is this normal or indicatave of disease?
4) He doesn't do anything much in way of movement, is this quite normal?
5) Feeding - how do you get them to feed if you cannot get in their eyeline, when he is in his cave sometimes I can't manouver the chopstick so he sees it. At the moment I am having to lift the cave off him, this can't be good for him!
Thanks for your help everyone!