Illness/Sickness: His dandruff is getting worse. Any advice?

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I have 2 axolotls on my tank. Water readings are all good, temp is quite cool, everything is peachy in there. The one is thriving and doing very well. The other is not well and seems to be getting worse. He has a "dandruff" look to him. Not a fluffy fungus, but just flacky skin (he is black so it shows up quite strongly on him). He just floats it the top corner and has now stopped eating. I know its not a virus as the other one in there is just fine. And all my amonia, nitrite, nitrate readings are all good. I do my 20% water changes with dechlorinated water etc etc, but yeah....don't know what to do with him now.
Any advise?
(i did post something similar to this not long ago, but he has gotten worse).
Here is his picture.....

http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/francine-smith-albums-poor-boy-picture17886-blacky.jpg
 
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What's the temperature of the water? If it's too hot it can be a sign of heat stress. I once had it on my wildtype.

What really worked for me was a tea bath (and cool water ofcourse):
Caudata Culture Articles - Illness Part 2
(Over here is some info about tea baths)
 
the temp ranges from 15 to 17 degrees C. I actually added "Pimafix" tonight which apparently has the same active ingredient as the black tea. I also did a wate change as the amoni creeped up. So fingers crossed i see some improvements soon.
 
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