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Axolotl with fungus

wcaxolotl

wcaxolotl

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Hi all,
So one of my axolotls had a fuzz on his gills starting 3 days ago. Since then I have isolated him and given him a total of 4 salt baths (10 minutes each). The fuzz fell off in the first salt bath and nothing has come back. Also, nothing has shown up on my other axolotl's gills. I left my other axolotl in the original tank, its a 20 gallon, which I cleaned out about 40 % of the water 3 days ago.
Is it safe for me to put my axolotls back together back in the original tank? I am supposed to leave my place for 1 week pretty soon and I don't want them to get sick while I am gone and I don't want anything to spread. Any advice offered would be helpful! Thanks!
 
chelseavince

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I have done this before and it was fine. Keep them apart just for a little longer and do another salt bath just to be safe, then put them back together again, and add a small amount of aquarium salts to your tank. Good luck!
 
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