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I've had this axolotl for a month, aaand i dont know what to do

Her gills are starting to get a little bit fluffy now, but they are still curled forward..
i put her in a tank by her self so she could relax, and got a filter with nearly no flow, but it's not enough...
what else could make her gills curl forward?

Could it be rocks in her stomach?
i've found several rocks in her tank [it's bare bottom, so they're easy to find] and removed them, ofcourse..

any ideas?
 
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If there are no other signs of stress, and the gill curl isn't extreme, I wouldn't worry about it.

Especially with young'ins, gills can be a little 'floppy'.

As for the gravel, I guess she was kept on gravel before you got her? If she's passing them, I wouldn't worry about that much either.
 
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Kaysie said:
If there are no other signs of stress, and the gill curl isn't extreme, I wouldn't worry about it.

Especially with young'ins, gills can be a little 'floppy'.

As for the gravel, I guess she was kept on gravel before you got her? If she's passing them, I wouldn't worry about that much either.
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Guess they were, is this extreme?
it's more extreme than i have seen before [i have seen 4 axolotls, lol]

Aaand she is 28-29 cm long :)
 

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Olivia97 said:
Check the very tip of her tail, if there's no 'hook' in the end then she might just like sitting her gills forward?
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Maybe.. cause there's no 'hook' :)
 

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One of my axies has curled gills. She was born with them. Still has them. Sometimes it's normal. As long as they don't act like they're stressed, or have a hook in the tail tip (I call it a 'stress tail') and the filter current isn't too strong (that might be a problem sometimes) everything is fine.

Oh, I would check the water parameters just in case something is wrong.
 
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