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Well how i see it is it's a gene so i don't think there is anything you really can do. As he gets older, his green coloration might just fade away but i don't think that means he won't still glow.
 
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Their color will change as they grow, but they will always have the gfp in them and glow under black lights (which is bad, don't do it) and blue leds. All of these are of the same axolotl, my big mamma Tuco, a female melanoid gfp:
 

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I have a GFP Lucy and I found that she looks her greenest when in indirect light, so tank lights off. Which is how they are happiest anyway! Although some days she does look greener than others, and she certainly doesn't look as green as she did as a baby. It's natural for them to flux in color. I assume you mean the green cast that they always have and not the actual glow.
 
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Thank you guys ! And yes I have NO light on her tank. And yes I ment the greenish color . Some days she's greener then others , I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong ! Lol and thank you for the pictures ! This websites a biggggg help ! thank you everyone
 
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So you said not to use black lights which make them glow...
I noticed that my Wild Type Iggy's eyes were starting to look green, and thought to myself
"self, is iggy turning gfp?"
I took out the little black light wand i have (from when a kitty had a peeing problem) and he glowed...but he swam around like crazy in a really unhappy way... long and short of it... do black lights burn GFP lotls? because any time i've held up the black light, Iggy flips out...so i dont any more, but i'm curious, is it a pain response?


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Their color will change as they grow, but they will always have the gfp in them and glow under black lights (which is bad, don't do it) and blue leds. All of these are of the same axolotl, my big mamma Tuco, a female melanoid gfp:
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I believe that they freak out because the back of their retinas (eyeballs) glow and they are suddenly blinded by the glow (which may be painful).
 
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