clunkiertadpole
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Hi everyone! This is my first post, I'll try to include everything you all will need to help me figure this out. Pictures are included, one is just a picture of both of them. Then there are pictures of Skol after he died, of his mouth before fridging, and whatever came out of him while he was in the fridge. Then pictures of Apollo now, looking skinny.
I had 2 axolotls, a mel (Skol) and a lucy (Apollo), but Skol died about a month ago. I just got them in March and they were both doing fine until he wasn't. They both ate regularly and eagerly every other day. I fed them about one bloodworm cube each. On a Monday, Skol ate eagerly and looked healthy; gills weren't turned forward, tail wasn't curved, gills were bushy. On Wednesday, Skol wouldn't eat and his stomach was very thin. I didn't notice that on Tuesday. Thursday we prepared to fridge him and got him in the fridge in distilled water around 48 degrees F. On Thursday before we got him in the fridge, his mouth started to look a bit open. We did a 100% water change on Friday around noon. And by the time I got home from work around 7:40pm, he was dead. His cloacal area looked like it burst and a clear gel-like substance was coming out. My boyfriend said it looked like he had pooped a bloodworm-looking thing while I was at work.
Today I noticed that Apollo's stomach is starting to look like how Skol's looked. Apollo won't eat today, he barely ate 2 days ago. His gills don't look turned forward, his tail isn't curved, and his gills kind of look bushy and healthy. There's no white fluff on him.
The water when Skol died was the same as it is today: (and we just did a 5 gallon water change yesterday)
I have a 40 gallon tank with a chiller and filter.
Ammonia=0
Nitrate ~ 20ppm
Nitrite=0
Hardness ~ very soft
Chlorine=0
Alkalinity=high
pH ~ 8.4 (very high)
Temperature ~ 66 degrees F
PLEASE HELP!
I've tried googling it and reading threads on this site, but I can't figure it out!
THANK YOU!
I had 2 axolotls, a mel (Skol) and a lucy (Apollo), but Skol died about a month ago. I just got them in March and they were both doing fine until he wasn't. They both ate regularly and eagerly every other day. I fed them about one bloodworm cube each. On a Monday, Skol ate eagerly and looked healthy; gills weren't turned forward, tail wasn't curved, gills were bushy. On Wednesday, Skol wouldn't eat and his stomach was very thin. I didn't notice that on Tuesday. Thursday we prepared to fridge him and got him in the fridge in distilled water around 48 degrees F. On Thursday before we got him in the fridge, his mouth started to look a bit open. We did a 100% water change on Friday around noon. And by the time I got home from work around 7:40pm, he was dead. His cloacal area looked like it burst and a clear gel-like substance was coming out. My boyfriend said it looked like he had pooped a bloodworm-looking thing while I was at work.
Today I noticed that Apollo's stomach is starting to look like how Skol's looked. Apollo won't eat today, he barely ate 2 days ago. His gills don't look turned forward, his tail isn't curved, and his gills kind of look bushy and healthy. There's no white fluff on him.
The water when Skol died was the same as it is today: (and we just did a 5 gallon water change yesterday)
I have a 40 gallon tank with a chiller and filter.
Ammonia=0
Nitrate ~ 20ppm
Nitrite=0
Hardness ~ very soft
Chlorine=0
Alkalinity=high
pH ~ 8.4 (very high)
Temperature ~ 66 degrees F
PLEASE HELP!
I've tried googling it and reading threads on this site, but I can't figure it out!
THANK YOU!