Gas bubble disease, ammonia, nitrate questions

Hello,
just out of curiosity:
what are the symptoms of gas bubble disease?how can an axie get it?how to cure it?Just got air stone with valve to regulate the flow can it cause bubble disease?

How to recognise nitrate/ammonia poisoning?is there a way to cure it?

I've been told u can't overfeed an axie but is it true? My Klaus eats like mad (frozen bloodworms) and his tummy looks full, he's only been with me for 3 weeks and he's still transparent but quite big and with back legs just wondering whether I'm feeding him too much but he does refuse or ignore food when he's full. Can he get ill from too much food?

Klaus looks healthy and happy and these r just precaution questions

Gas Bubble Disease in Aquatic Frogs, Newts and Salamanders | That Reptile Blog

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...-salamander-help/53622-ammonia-poisoning.html

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-be...rs-substrate/52454-can-axolotls-over-fed.html


google and the search are your friends

EEVEE84 said:

Hello,
just out of curiosity:
what are the symptoms of gas bubble disease?how can an axie get it?how to cure it?Just got air stone with valve to regulate the flow can it cause bubble disease?

How to recognise nitrate/ammonia poisoning?is there a way to cure it?

I've been told u can't overfeed an axie but is it true? My Klaus eats like mad (frozen bloodworms) and his tummy looks full, he's only been with me for 3 weeks and he's still transparent but quite big and with back legs just wondering whether I'm feeding him too much but he does refuse or ignore food when he's full. Can he get ill from too much food?

Klaus looks healthy and happy and these r just precaution questions

Click to expand...

The chance of Klaus getting gas bubble disease from an air stone are very slim. The bubbles from the airstone are large and mostly airate the water by breaking the surface tension of the water and allowing oxygen to dissolve via that agitation. Gas bubble disease is caused by a supersaturation of gases in the water (or so it is hypothesised) and by allowing gas to dissolve via the use of an airstone, you are also preventing supersaturation at the same time. Huzzah for systems prefering equilibrium! The only way supersaturated water could get into the tank to cause this issue is via the taps and all you need to do to prevent it is ensure that the water is "degassed" as you change the water. Let it sit for a bit, agitate it as you fill the tank, use a spraybar etc.

Ammonia poisoning would be easier to spot in axolotls then some other salamanders since they have exposed gills. Ammonia poisoning essentially comes down to burning and internal hemoraging. It will cause damage to the gills by causing them to become inflamed, You will most likely be able to see red streaking in the dorsal "fin" and in bad cases you may see evidence of the skin burning: excess mucous production and perhaps white blotches. The signs of ammonia burns healing are blackening of affected areas.

Nitrite poisoning is harder to detect and a bit more insidious. In fish keeping we refer to it as "brown blood disease" as it messes up oxygen uptake and the blood litterally looks brown from lack of oxygen. Concidering the fish version of carbon monoxide poisoning. In fish the gills will be brown, which is the tell tail sign. In an axie I imagine it would be the same if they normally have pink gills.

For both conditions your axie will have trouble breathing and will likely more to areas of higher flow and gasp at the surface of the water for air.