Duckys
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Hi, after a water change our axolotl started acting frenzied. (It was with tap water conditioner and some aquarium salt for a 20 gallon tank).
During the water change it looked like sand got all over him. His coat started looking red. My son changed it again adding API Quick Start because he forgot to put it in the first time. His slime coat looked like it was coming off and looked more red. We moved him to another place with de-chlorinated water. But then moved him into a small tuperware (a lid with holes) and put him in the refrigerator, because we didn't know what else to do. We were thinking of doing a tea bath, but didn't want to disturb him more.
We got the water tested at Petco and the results were:
Amonia - .5
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 0
ph- 7.0
Please let us know what to do; he had stopped moving awhile ago. He's still in the refrigerator. We were planning on moving him to a bucket temporarily. Someone had mentioned to use distilled water and an airstone. And cleaning the tank out.
During the water change it looked like sand got all over him. His coat started looking red. My son changed it again adding API Quick Start because he forgot to put it in the first time. His slime coat looked like it was coming off and looked more red. We moved him to another place with de-chlorinated water. But then moved him into a small tuperware (a lid with holes) and put him in the refrigerator, because we didn't know what else to do. We were thinking of doing a tea bath, but didn't want to disturb him more.
We got the water tested at Petco and the results were:
Amonia - .5
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 0
ph- 7.0
Please let us know what to do; he had stopped moving awhile ago. He's still in the refrigerator. We were planning on moving him to a bucket temporarily. Someone had mentioned to use distilled water and an airstone. And cleaning the tank out.