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Today I noticed a strange growth on Rover and I was hoping you could help identify what it is and tell me how to treat it..
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Should I separate her from her tank mate?
 
What are your tank levels?
 
Some sort of polyp maybe? Hard to say from the photo. Have her gills always been so small? How long have you had her?
 
Tank levels are normal.. the temp is somewhere between 20°C - 23°C thats as cool as I can get it. Yes her gills have always been small.. although they have gotten a little smaller since I've had her which has been about.. um at least 3 months.
 
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Hi Beccy, Hope you dont mind me butting my nose in but i am from perth as well One of my black axies had a similar bump on it as your rover. I have since found out that is a fungus and that also
helped with the shrinking of his gills . One of the main causes is the axies being stressed out with the heat and the water temperatures changing too frequently. There is a vet here in perth that has
some knowledge on axies if you would like his number i can give it to you. hope this helps
 
vickipeer said:
Hi Beccy, Hope you dont mind me butting my nose in but i am from perth as well One of my black axies had a similar bump on it as your rover. I have since found out that is a fungus and that also
helped with the shrinking of his gills . One of the main causes is the axies being stressed out with the heat and the water temperatures changing too frequently. There is a vet here in perth that has
some knowledge on axies if you would like his number i can give it to you. hope this helps
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Thanks for your advice, I know of a vet already that deals with axolotls as I took my other one in to her when it wasn't eating, she was knowledgeable.
I was thinking I might just stick them both in the fridge for a couple of weeks to avoid the heat.

Should I start salt bathing her if its fungus? :confused:
 
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