Illness/Sickness: Very active?

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My axolotl has been very active over the past couple of hours, no changes have been made to the tank and it has never been like this before. It keeps swimming really fast into the glass, and rolls around. Is this normal?
 
Have you checked the water parameters? He might just be in an active mood, but whenever my axolotl's act abnormally I make sure the there's nothing funky with the water parameters
 
my axolotls were super active for over a week. i couldnt figure out why. then someone said it might be the higher temps leading to less oxygen in the water so they swim to get water moving through their gills i was using a fan and frozen milk jugs to cool the water. didnt really calm them much. i gave them more hides and blocked out part of the tank to give them a lot less light. and i put a bigger pump in for the sponge filter. they have been super calm for 3 weeks now. if i had to guess, it would be the increased amount of air going in the water try that
 
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