Question: One side of the gills are gone

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Hey tehre people,

Could someone shed some light on this..
I came home this evening and I noticed one of the beutifull long gills of one of my axies was trimmed quite a bit..
I think the other axie might have did that, however it's hard to imagine since they have no teeth...

Here is a picture:
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You can clearly see that his right gills are shortened very much...

And also, I know axelotl can grow back nearly everything, I hope this counts for their gills to?
(I say gills but I don't know if thats what they are, but I think you guessed I mean the feathery antennas in their neck :))

Cheers
 
Axoltols do have teeth, just incredibley small, but this does not mean axies cant do harm to each other, its possible your axie is still in canabalistic stage, is it with another axie?

Indeed its gills can grow back, best thing you could do if it is with tank mates and canabalism is the cause of this, is to seperate it via tank divider or a seperate tank until its recovered.

Keep an eye on the water keep it clean and cool :)
 
Thanks, the water is always clean and cool :) I wonder how long they think their siblings are an appetizer... they are already like 2,5 months old..

I keep 2 in a rather large tank, but 1 is a little bit smaller then the other... I noticed the big one mostly eats first, But the smaller one is more clever since he is the only one who already learned to eat floating food :p the big one just doesn't seem to figure that one out
 
There like this until they are about a year or a year and a half, I currently have 5, 2 in one 3ft tank, and the other 3 have their own setups until they are the size then they have their own 3ft to drop into :)
 
Okay I'll keep that in mind :)
 
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