Question: Green fungus or pigment?

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My wild type axolotl, Bruiser, seems to have some sort of green coloring on his face and a little bit seems to be peppered on the frilly part of his gills. He's still super active and eating like a banshee and his personality hasn't changed at all. I'm not sure if there is such thing as a green colored fungus or if this is just a natural pigment for black colored wild types. Any help on this would be great! My other golden is just fine as well, very healthy.

Water conditions on tests come up perfect. If a picture is needed I'll get one up but maybe you know what I'm talking about :eek:

Also, if I'm a little concerned will a precautionary salt bath treatment harm him if nothing is wrong?
 
Actually I'm not sure, I only paid $10 for him...maybe the breeder didn't know... I'll be checking on that asap
 
Shizeric said:
If you can get a black light..shine it on him...see if he glows.
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Definitely no GFP here, but here is a pic, maybe you can tell me if this is norm

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You can see the greenish tint on his gills, face, and in the frill also, kind of more brownish in this picture, maybe i'm just overly concerned :)
 
I'd go along with the "overly concerned" assessment.
 
I figured lol, still learning :)
 
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