My Axolotl is Twirling Around in a Salt Bath

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So my 'lotl Sonriente has a little bit of fungus on his tail, so I went to give him a salt bath.
I've used salt baths many times before, and had the correct measurements of salt, etc.

I put him in, and straight away he started doing this -

YouTube - ‪Sonriente Twirling.mp4‬‏

Sonriente has never done anything like this before, so I'm a little worried.. but once he stopped, he didn't start again.
He is acting normal (for an axolotl that is).

So should I be worried?
Does anybody have an axolotl who has done something like this before? :confused:
 
Hoshi did that and started vomiting too. I'd also put all the correct measurements in and had never had a reaction like that before. I took him/her out, put in the fridge and then tried a little later on with a weaker solution of 1tsp for 1L and left my little one in for 20 mins. I got the usual reaction that way and it still worked, there were bits of fungus on the bottom after :)
 
it looks like he's just objecting to the salt, like "ew, salt! get it off me get it off me!" If he was acting normal afterwards, I wouldn't be too worried
 
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