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Hi guys, greetings from Malaysia! =)

Ok I've just gotten this cute lil axo few days back. I might have been paranoid I don't know, but just wanna play safe and listen to what you guys say. I noticed there are white dots on my axo that i didn't notice em when I 1st got it. Because I read before I got mine, so I was pretty conscious about the illness symptoms. Please find the picture of my axo attached below and comments would be helpful! =)

Its hot here in Malaysia, I know that the water for axo should be maintained at around 14~20C, but it is really hard to keep the temperature that low here. I tried the ice bottle way, but it doesn't sustain long. =( any other suggestions? (The normal temprerature here is around 25~27 if i'm not mistaken)

Last but not least, The gills of my axo are pathetic. I know they are meant to be longer, but due to the petshop's lacking of proper care (they put fishes that nibble together with all the axo, sadly all the axo there have shorter gills than mine). I have read up a lil, and they all say that the gills will grow back, may i confirm the statement here with you guys again? =)
 

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Hi junhang ! Can't help with spots (can't actually see them on your pic)... my "Lottie" has developed greyish / white spots or blotches over the past 6 mths. She is 4-5 yrs old. After not eating for a month... I was thinking they were bacterial, but now she's back eating, and the spots don't seem to be a worry ? Fellow forum users have sent me pics of their axies, with spots, too.:confused:
But I will mention your water temp... as you have read, it is very important to keep axies cool.... if you can't leave yours in a room with CONSTANT air conditioning, or at least a fan cooling the water from across the top, or buy a chiller, then I would not be trying to keep an axolotyl in your climate. I wish you all the best..:wacko:
 
junhang said:
Hi guys, greetings from Malaysia! =)

Ok I've just gotten this cute lil axo few days back. I might have been paranoid I don't know, but just wanna play safe and listen to what you guys say. I noticed there are white dots on my axo that i didn't notice em when I 1st got it. Because I read before I got mine, so I was pretty conscious about the illness symptoms. Please find the picture of my axo attached below and comments would be helpful! =)

Its hot here in Malaysia, I know that the water for axo should be maintained at around 14~20C, but it is really hard to keep the temperature that low here. I tried the ice bottle way, but it doesn't sustain long. =( any other suggestions? (The normal temprerature here is around 25~27 if i'm not mistaken)

Last but not least, The gills of my axo are pathetic. I know they are meant to be longer, but due to the petshop's lacking of proper care (they put fishes that nibble together with all the axo, sadly all the axo there have shorter gills than mine). I have read up a lil, and they all say that the gills will grow back, may i confirm the statement here with you guys again? =)
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Dear jun hang

My name Amar Azhar from Shah Alam, in my experience, your axolotls have same disease as mine, and i know why, the reason is heat in our country, one of my friends have an axolotls and he keeping them with aquarium chiller, and he's are doing so fine until today, you need chiller to keep yours alive unless you will have the same fate as mine, all dead, get yourself a chiller... :(
 
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