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Hey guys,
My axolotl Devin has been in his new tank for 8 days now. He's been fine up until yesterday when I caught him floating a lot at the top of the tank. He's almost always arch-backed at the moment and his tail isn't lovely and straight like it was for the first 6 days. I've noticed a little curl at the end of the tail as well. The tank temperature is 19-20 degrees, water PH is 8.0, water hardness is hard, ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are next to nothing.
I've noticed that when he swims he sort of does all the work with his front two legs now, and when he's moving it's almost like his rear legs are rolling him over sideways. I've uploaded a video of his behaviour to Youtube, so please watch it if you have time and let me know what you think. I'm worried he may be ill so i'd like to help him in any way I can.
Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9F_9Su0KeU
(sorry if the annotation are unreadable. Click the video to view it on the youtube page.
I have been feeding him tetra fresh bloodworms in jelly and he's been eating fine. 3 days ago I fed him a live earthworm cut into several smaller pieces but maybe the sudden re-introduction of live food has given him constipation? He went to the toilet yesterday but (and yes this sounds silly) what came out wasn't anywhere near the amount I fed him.
I've read that not feeding him for a couple of days might be a good idea, but will he be ok? :-s
My axolotl Devin has been in his new tank for 8 days now. He's been fine up until yesterday when I caught him floating a lot at the top of the tank. He's almost always arch-backed at the moment and his tail isn't lovely and straight like it was for the first 6 days. I've noticed a little curl at the end of the tail as well. The tank temperature is 19-20 degrees, water PH is 8.0, water hardness is hard, ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are next to nothing.
I've noticed that when he swims he sort of does all the work with his front two legs now, and when he's moving it's almost like his rear legs are rolling him over sideways. I've uploaded a video of his behaviour to Youtube, so please watch it if you have time and let me know what you think. I'm worried he may be ill so i'd like to help him in any way I can.
Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9F_9Su0KeU
(sorry if the annotation are unreadable. Click the video to view it on the youtube page.
I have been feeding him tetra fresh bloodworms in jelly and he's been eating fine. 3 days ago I fed him a live earthworm cut into several smaller pieces but maybe the sudden re-introduction of live food has given him constipation? He went to the toilet yesterday but (and yes this sounds silly) what came out wasn't anywhere near the amount I fed him.
I've read that not feeding him for a couple of days might be a good idea, but will he be ok? :-s