astroaxo
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Hi everyone, I got my first axolotl, Bean, just over a week ago now (she's around two years old), and I might be worrying too much, but I'm a little worried about some things:
Although I've only had her for a week and I know it can be normal for them not to eat while getting used to a tank, but she hasn't been eating the sinking pellets I've been trying to feed her. I just even dug up some earthworms and she completely ignored it, even when I waved it in her face.
She's quite active, which I know can be normal, or a sign of stress. My water temperature is always around 16-19ºC and my pH is around 7.2. She'll settle down in the morning and (probably) during the day, but in the afternoon and night, she's pretty crazy (I've had to take the thermometer out the water at night because she'll swim into it and will knock against the glass, making quite an annoying sound). She'll swim around a lot, often getting very interested in the top corners of her tank, swimming into them and waving her tail a lot (I'm not sure if she'll just playful or stressed).
(TL;DR: My axolotl hasn't been eating sinking pellets or earthworms for the last week since I got her, and she's quite active, which I'm not sure is just being playful or stressed out.)
It could be nothing, but I thought I may as well ask here. :happy:
Although I've only had her for a week and I know it can be normal for them not to eat while getting used to a tank, but she hasn't been eating the sinking pellets I've been trying to feed her. I just even dug up some earthworms and she completely ignored it, even when I waved it in her face.
She's quite active, which I know can be normal, or a sign of stress. My water temperature is always around 16-19ºC and my pH is around 7.2. She'll settle down in the morning and (probably) during the day, but in the afternoon and night, she's pretty crazy (I've had to take the thermometer out the water at night because she'll swim into it and will knock against the glass, making quite an annoying sound). She'll swim around a lot, often getting very interested in the top corners of her tank, swimming into them and waving her tail a lot (I'm not sure if she'll just playful or stressed).
(TL;DR: My axolotl hasn't been eating sinking pellets or earthworms for the last week since I got her, and she's quite active, which I'm not sure is just being playful or stressed out.)
It could be nothing, but I thought I may as well ask here. :happy: