aesimpson6
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I'm a first time axolotl owner, and I brought home my first baby about 4 days ago. He started eating yesterday (I fed him chopped earthworms) and everything seemed fine, but today, I got home and his gills were extremely curled forward. I added a frozen water bottle to the tank (because the temp was bordering on 69 degrees Fahrenheit) in the hopes that lowering the temp would relieve a little stress. I currently have a bubbler in the tank, because the breeder recommended I use one. I turned it off just in case. Is there anything else that could be causing him stress/making his gills curl? Thank you guys so much!! He is only 5 moths old and I have been waiting forever to get an axolotl, so I really want to keep him healthy.