For those who were helping me with Aki, I thank you, however he passed away yesterday under the vet's supervision...
If you remember, He stopped eating after 1 week of being under my care, then held food and poop for 2 weeks, to the point I asked help from the forums and the pet store. The pet store informed me that they have a vet coming in regularly and because I could not pinpoint what was wrong, I left it under the vets/shop care.
A few days ago I went to see how he was, they told me he was better and I could come and pick him up this week. He was eating, pooping everything.
I did notice that the tail was pretty curled, however the red veins that had appeared on him was gone.
I asked about the tail, but they said he was probably stressed from the injection that was given to him.
Then, when I arrived today to pick him up, they told me he died suddenly the night before, that fungus had claimed his life. They gave me his body in a little plastic box.
I kinda was upset about the ordeal, and easily someone had noticed and heard the conversation came up to me and told me that he had lotls too, and he was looking for someone to perhaps adopt the babies they had had.
So i adopted a small, leutistic lotl today, and lost a friend... I am still upset about it and I am still wondering if it was even a good idea to adopt one, but the guy insisted for me not to give up on the hobby and he advised me not to buy any more from the store, because he only goes there to get bloodworms and conditioner and that the fish there are in bad health most of the time.
Which could be true, it's a shame because the owners were nice to me when I first started in the aquatic hobby and I've been buying from them for years now, though they blamed me for the axolotl's death saying the cause was very acidic ph, cause they tested the water Aki had come in with. Saying it was a 6, and I came home paranoid, tested my ph and it's a 7...
What did I learn? Trust caudata, screw pet stores.
P.S this guy needs a name. Trust me, you wanna help, I once had a cat called nameless and a hamster called cheesecake.
To get an idea this lotl has spent more time staring at me than eating it's bloodworms. And when I move around the tank, it follows the movement/shadows o.o'' it must think I'm like a super worm or something... truth is having this guy here made me feel a little better
Pics:
1- In his bag
2- Staring at me take a pic
3- Ph 7-7,5 >_> acidic my butt.
If you remember, He stopped eating after 1 week of being under my care, then held food and poop for 2 weeks, to the point I asked help from the forums and the pet store. The pet store informed me that they have a vet coming in regularly and because I could not pinpoint what was wrong, I left it under the vets/shop care.
A few days ago I went to see how he was, they told me he was better and I could come and pick him up this week. He was eating, pooping everything.
I did notice that the tail was pretty curled, however the red veins that had appeared on him was gone.
I asked about the tail, but they said he was probably stressed from the injection that was given to him.
Then, when I arrived today to pick him up, they told me he died suddenly the night before, that fungus had claimed his life. They gave me his body in a little plastic box.
I kinda was upset about the ordeal, and easily someone had noticed and heard the conversation came up to me and told me that he had lotls too, and he was looking for someone to perhaps adopt the babies they had had.
So i adopted a small, leutistic lotl today, and lost a friend... I am still upset about it and I am still wondering if it was even a good idea to adopt one, but the guy insisted for me not to give up on the hobby and he advised me not to buy any more from the store, because he only goes there to get bloodworms and conditioner and that the fish there are in bad health most of the time.
Which could be true, it's a shame because the owners were nice to me when I first started in the aquatic hobby and I've been buying from them for years now, though they blamed me for the axolotl's death saying the cause was very acidic ph, cause they tested the water Aki had come in with. Saying it was a 6, and I came home paranoid, tested my ph and it's a 7...
What did I learn? Trust caudata, screw pet stores.
P.S this guy needs a name. Trust me, you wanna help, I once had a cat called nameless and a hamster called cheesecake.
To get an idea this lotl has spent more time staring at me than eating it's bloodworms. And when I move around the tank, it follows the movement/shadows o.o'' it must think I'm like a super worm or something... truth is having this guy here made me feel a little better
Pics:
1- In his bag
2- Staring at me take a pic
3- Ph 7-7,5 >_> acidic my butt.