Hi guys. Just posting a warning about floating axolotls. My female Chilli had been floating and looking stressed for under 48 hours and I had checked the water quality and added a nitra-zorb sachet to neutralize the chemicals that had built up, but when I woke up this morning she had died over night.
If your axolotl does not normally float then it may be lethal!! Everything I could find on the internet seemed to think it was unlikely to be serious (constipation or minor gut infection), and I discounted lack of oxygen as my male was unnaffected and behaving normally although now it seems like that must have been the problem. If your axolotl is floating and seems to want to get out of the water, act quickly. R.I.P. Chilli
If your axolotl does not normally float then it may be lethal!! Everything I could find on the internet seemed to think it was unlikely to be serious (constipation or minor gut infection), and I discounted lack of oxygen as my male was unnaffected and behaving normally although now it seems like that must have been the problem. If your axolotl is floating and seems to want to get out of the water, act quickly. R.I.P. Chilli
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