Dirty Axolotl?

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Is my axolotl dirty or is it fungus? i clean and do water changes of 50% every single week, she eats once every two nights and has no problem eating, she has lost the spirit she had before my other one died though. If axolotls can get depressed she certainly is. I dont think this is fungus because its not thick its more like just dirt stains and whenever i clean the tank it goes away
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Please help xx
 
Have you got a water test kit yet? Its really the best thing you can get. First thing to check is always your water quality. Temperature. Ammonia. Nitrite. Nitrate. pH. Do you have readings for these?

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Cant explain the colour but did its gills used to be fuller and the tail have more of a fin?
 
Don't know about the color too. Does it look like it's caked on or just the color of the skin itself?
She looks pretty thin too. Maybe feed her more often, to fatten her up :)
 
Just speculation, could it be some sort of bacterial bloom? :cool: :confused:
 
It looks more like the colour of the skin because it doesn't protrude at all
I went to the pet store an got the water tested he said everything is perfectly fine, that was about a month ago now though. Ill get a water test kit this week. She's always had poor looking gills, I think this is because when I found her at the pet store she was in a tiny tank with about 4 other axolotls. She's had a missing gill that looks like its trying to grow back but isn't growing at all. Thanks for the quick responses too helps a lot
 
Also yeah I thought she was full grown so I've been feeding her every second night but ill feed her more often if you guys think she's quite thin
 
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