Pale gills

Krispen

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Hi everyone-
My golden leucistic is very pale today- ate well but without vigor. Everybody else looks and acts fine. On sand- he is about 8 inches. I heard he could just be sleeping? Pics attached with parameters and normal/pale pic.

Any thoughts?
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It looks in excellent condition. When axolotls are asleep or just inactive they often go lighter. This is more noticable on darker ones, with a light axolotl you only really see the change in the gills, less blood is pumped through them to collect oxygen.
 
xxianxx said:
It looks in excellent condition. When axolotls are asleep or just inactive they often go lighter. This is more noticable on darker ones, with a light axolotl you only really see the change in the gills, less blood is pumped through them to collect oxygen.
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Thanks so much for your reply! I figured it was probably nothing serious, but just wanted to check!
 
Same thing happened to me. freaked me out so much. I thought he was dying! Turns out he was napping and he got a rude awakening! Haha

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