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Illness/Sickness: Decolored gills?
- Thread starter mast0318
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Darkmaverick
Site Contributor
Were the gill filaments darkly coloured previously? Was the colour change sudden or gradual? Any fuzziness around the gills? Any other signs of ill health or stress?
Kerry1968
Active member
Your axolotl also looks a little thin. What are you feeding it? Perhaps try to give earthworms daily to build it up a bit.
blueberlin
2010 Research Grant Donor
Hi mast0318,
Although fridging an axolotl will not harm it, it is generally best not to begin a treatment before you know what the problem is.
From what I can see in the photo, it does not look like a fungus. It kind of seems to me like the filaments have been injured. Is your axolotl kept with other axolotls or fish, etc., that could have bit his gills?
-Eva
Although fridging an axolotl will not harm it, it is generally best not to begin a treatment before you know what the problem is.
From what I can see in the photo, it does not look like a fungus. It kind of seems to me like the filaments have been injured. Is your axolotl kept with other axolotls or fish, etc., that could have bit his gills?
-Eva
oceanblue
New member
If this is the same axolotl as your previous post it is looking a lot better if still a little thin. I think the pale gill filaments are just regenerated ones and like the new limbs they are not yet very pigmented and may remain pale.
Keep on feeding it and try to keep water conditions good.
Keep on feeding it and try to keep water conditions good.
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