saadoyle
New member
Hi everyone,
This is my first post. I am a total Axolotl newbie but learned everything I could about them before getting one (most from this site!). Here goes: I have a 3-4" albino. I had her in a cycled 25 gallon tank at 66 degrees with a bare bottom. All parameters are perfect. She was doing great, swimming around everywhere and eating well. Having never run a tank with a bare bottom (I have 15 goldfish with gravel), I was concerned that without substrate the beneficial bacteria might struggle. I read up on the types of sand and decided on the very fine Tahitian Moon Sand. Well, within 5 minutes my Linda-Lou had a gut full of it. I was shocked. I fridged her at 6 degrees and after 24 hours the container was full of the sand and she looked like it was about 90% clear. I left her in the fridge for 48 more hours and no sand was in the container. I thought she was good and I followed the correct procedures for getting her back in her tank. The next morning she was not swimming around anywhere and it looked like she had another gut full of sand (I took all the sand out before she went back in). It has been 4 days since she went back in her tank. My question is, should I try the fridge again? Is it too soon? I don't know if the temperature changes would be too much. I am really worried and don't know what to do next. I feel terrible for taking her out too soon
This is my first post. I am a total Axolotl newbie but learned everything I could about them before getting one (most from this site!). Here goes: I have a 3-4" albino. I had her in a cycled 25 gallon tank at 66 degrees with a bare bottom. All parameters are perfect. She was doing great, swimming around everywhere and eating well. Having never run a tank with a bare bottom (I have 15 goldfish with gravel), I was concerned that without substrate the beneficial bacteria might struggle. I read up on the types of sand and decided on the very fine Tahitian Moon Sand. Well, within 5 minutes my Linda-Lou had a gut full of it. I was shocked. I fridged her at 6 degrees and after 24 hours the container was full of the sand and she looked like it was about 90% clear. I left her in the fridge for 48 more hours and no sand was in the container. I thought she was good and I followed the correct procedures for getting her back in her tank. The next morning she was not swimming around anywhere and it looked like she had another gut full of sand (I took all the sand out before she went back in). It has been 4 days since she went back in her tank. My question is, should I try the fridge again? Is it too soon? I don't know if the temperature changes would be too much. I am really worried and don't know what to do next. I feel terrible for taking her out too soon