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Color changing female?

Dugnbeck

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She has always been a super dark GFP Wildtype. She is about 7 inches and has began to lighten up a lot on her lower sides and at the base of her gills. Appetite is normal, activity level is the same, no fuzzy or fungus appearance, no change in environment, water parameters good and stable for a long time, skin texture is consistent, no changes between light and dark areas. any ideas why she is changing color?


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Elise

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I think the first thing it struck me as was something similar to the white skin patches shown on the sick axolotl page:

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Would you mind posting more images? Are the other axolotls displaying any changes also?
 

auntiejude

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The paling in the belly makes me think it's a pigment issue, but a tea bath would help eliminate other causes such as skin irritation.

I think time will tell - please keep us updated.
 

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Does her belly get darker when she's excited (like during feeding time)?
 
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