Question: What sex are my axolotls?

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Hi there
I bought 2 axolotls 1 week ago and would like an idea of what gender they both are. Also, as pictured in the top of the second picture, my axolotl has some sort of white bubbly stuff under his bulge.

Also, this morning I noticed some white clear stuff on the tank floor and is surrounded by jelly but there is only one, could it be mould?
Thank you very much:)
 

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Where did you get those axies? They both look sick - both bloated and one might have a prolapse.
 
Where did you get those axies? They both look sick - both bloated and one might have a prolapse
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I don't know about prolapse, but they might look bloated because I think the picture is distorted. It looks like they are compressed.

As for the gender of your axies, I would say they are both males. They both have a big bump.
 
If the jelly on your tank floor was a clear blob with a stalk and a white end on it, that sounds like a spermatophore. Don't think I have a picture, but I know there is a good picture on http://www.axolotl.org/rearing.htmaxolotl.org. It is normal for males to deposit spermatophores around the tank. If the white blob looked more fuzzy, like mold on bread, that sounds more like fungus. Fungus will grow on decaying food or other organics in the aquarium. If you do a good job cleaning up the substrate, you shouldn't have much fungus in an established aquarium.
 
And I agree, that pic on the upper right looks bad- I would get him checked out by the vet.
 
I have noticed sometimes that when my males have been putting down spermatophore, their cloaca will 'open' for a little while after. I would keep an eye on it.
This may sound odd, but do the pictures look like your axolotl? Or have they become distorted as Seth suggests.
 
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