Ventura
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I'm new to the axolotl world, recently acquired a 2 year old leucistic axolotl. He came in a 10 gallon with a canister filter and bubbler running. I have moved him to a 20 gal tall (am hoping to move him to a 20 long or bigger soon) and have a canister filter running. He's eating sinking shrimp pellets and bloodworms.
His gills seem to be very curled to me which my understanding is indicates too much water flow. The filter is submerged and I have some plants so I don't feel like this could be the issue. I have also tried turning off the filter and cleaning the tank daily to see if that changed anything, which it didn't.
His gills also have dark colored veins running through them. I have seen pictures of axolotls that look like this so could it be his normal look? He wasn't vein-y like that when I first got him, but his gills were curled.
Any advice?
Thank you!
His gills seem to be very curled to me which my understanding is indicates too much water flow. The filter is submerged and I have some plants so I don't feel like this could be the issue. I have also tried turning off the filter and cleaning the tank daily to see if that changed anything, which it didn't.
His gills also have dark colored veins running through them. I have seen pictures of axolotls that look like this so could it be his normal look? He wasn't vein-y like that when I first got him, but his gills were curled.
Any advice?
Thank you!