Nvoyt123
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About 2 weeks ago my axolotl developed these white lesions on his body. I started him on Furan and with correct salt baths twice a day in good water. He was not being fridged at the time, but I decided to fridge him with no improvement seen. Water is changed daily with new and chilled furan water.
This issue was caused by a couple of things (I believe)
#1 too high of nitrates for too long. Ammonia, ph, and nitrites were all good. Just the nitrates.
#2 He is an older ish boy around 4-5 years old
#3 (maybe) Bought some new earthworms from the pet store, fed them to all 3 of my axolotls and then found the worms all dead and rotting in my worm farm 2 days after. My one axolotl was all bloated up and I thought he was dying, but then he puked up all the worms he ate and is now fine, the 2nd was fine, and the third (pictured) developed this shortly after. Not sure if it is related but it seems like it might be. They have separate tanks so nobody is sharing this disease.
I thought it may be columnaris, but with no improvement with salt and furan I don't think that is it.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? He seems fairly healthy still, eating when he is a little warmer and the disease is not affecting his gills at all. When I look at him closer with a flashlight it almost looks like he is bleeding? Little red dots on his body where the disease is apparent.
This issue was caused by a couple of things (I believe)
#1 too high of nitrates for too long. Ammonia, ph, and nitrites were all good. Just the nitrates.
#2 He is an older ish boy around 4-5 years old
#3 (maybe) Bought some new earthworms from the pet store, fed them to all 3 of my axolotls and then found the worms all dead and rotting in my worm farm 2 days after. My one axolotl was all bloated up and I thought he was dying, but then he puked up all the worms he ate and is now fine, the 2nd was fine, and the third (pictured) developed this shortly after. Not sure if it is related but it seems like it might be. They have separate tanks so nobody is sharing this disease.
I thought it may be columnaris, but with no improvement with salt and furan I don't think that is it.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? He seems fairly healthy still, eating when he is a little warmer and the disease is not affecting his gills at all. When I look at him closer with a flashlight it almost looks like he is bleeding? Little red dots on his body where the disease is apparent.