Branwen
New member
Hi All!
I've inherited an axolotl from a friend who had to move away and couldn't take him with her, so my beautiful Quetzal and I have been together for about three months now.
I'm trying to learn as much as I can about him and here are the questions I've got:
1. Do they need an air pump? (Provided that's their correct name, I'm not native speaker) The one I have looks like a rock and pumps in oxygen, I guess.
2. I think he might have a fungus, because last week after doing a water change he looked like covered by a cotton coat. I fed him and it shaked off, hasn't come back, his finger tips look like brown as if he had dirt on and one of his gills has gone pale on the top. Does he need a salt bath and fringing?
He's eating and moving as usual, in fact, has been asking for food like very often. Of course I try not to over-feed him, I learned that lesson already!
3. About his gills... I thought they were not fluffy and big because of his genes, but I looked for pictures of the time when my friend got him and he used to have huge beautiful fluffy ones, what could have happened? When she gave him to me, they were (and still are) teeny tiny, can he get them back?
All I want is to provide the best for him and make him happy and to take good care of him.
Info:
Fish tank: not sure, think it might be a 80L one.
Parameters: all good except for the ph, I bought the product to put it up as is currently less than 6.4 but I am scared of actually hurting him. Is there any threat of site to go to and learn the best way of doing it?
Filter: stingray 15, but I think it's massive for the tank, it takes too much space.
Temperature: 17C
Age: 5, going to 6
Size: 30 cms (I've bought a bigger tank so he can move around and be happier :happy
I'm very sorry for the long post, but I really need help and would appreciate what you can do for my Quetzal
Thanks!
I've inherited an axolotl from a friend who had to move away and couldn't take him with her, so my beautiful Quetzal and I have been together for about three months now.
I'm trying to learn as much as I can about him and here are the questions I've got:
1. Do they need an air pump? (Provided that's their correct name, I'm not native speaker) The one I have looks like a rock and pumps in oxygen, I guess.
2. I think he might have a fungus, because last week after doing a water change he looked like covered by a cotton coat. I fed him and it shaked off, hasn't come back, his finger tips look like brown as if he had dirt on and one of his gills has gone pale on the top. Does he need a salt bath and fringing?
He's eating and moving as usual, in fact, has been asking for food like very often. Of course I try not to over-feed him, I learned that lesson already!
3. About his gills... I thought they were not fluffy and big because of his genes, but I looked for pictures of the time when my friend got him and he used to have huge beautiful fluffy ones, what could have happened? When she gave him to me, they were (and still are) teeny tiny, can he get them back?
All I want is to provide the best for him and make him happy and to take good care of him.
Info:
Fish tank: not sure, think it might be a 80L one.
Parameters: all good except for the ph, I bought the product to put it up as is currently less than 6.4 but I am scared of actually hurting him. Is there any threat of site to go to and learn the best way of doing it?
Filter: stingray 15, but I think it's massive for the tank, it takes too much space.
Temperature: 17C
Age: 5, going to 6
Size: 30 cms (I've bought a bigger tank so he can move around and be happier :happy
I'm very sorry for the long post, but I really need help and would appreciate what you can do for my Quetzal
Thanks!