I have had my GFP Golden Albino Axolotl since she was a little baby, i got her in mid February. She has always eaten and had become quite a fat little girl. Since then she has grown to be about 5 and a half inches long and an energetic happy little Lotl. I keep her tank at a good 64 degrees and full of fun hiding places, she has a bubbler (which she loves and got her name, Bubbles) and i have a filter running, i do frequent water changes and feed her every other day, wax worms, moths, and earth worms.
She has four live plants in her tank and i recently about 3 weeks ago added a new plant. I cleaned it before i placed it in her tank and it was beautiful and she loved it. Then i started to go back to school, and got more busy than usual. Just four days ago i noticed white flaky stuff all over her skin and her one gill on the left side of her head was almost gone and there were little snails all over the tank walls. I freaked out, placed her in a container of fresh clean water and examined her. I have been watching on her and keeping her in the fridge, i started giving her salt baths twice a day for 15 min, a day ago and i change her water every time she gets a salt bath.
But i am so scared, she is sooooo stressed, each day she seems to get weaker and unresponsive, and skinny and just this morning i noticed her bottom lip is brown...I have been doing research out of my wazoo and am soooooo worried about her...shes my baby. I will be devastated if i wake up or come home to her gone... Can anyone give me any advice as to how to get her better or are my efforts just going to amount to nothing in the end? '
She has four live plants in her tank and i recently about 3 weeks ago added a new plant. I cleaned it before i placed it in her tank and it was beautiful and she loved it. Then i started to go back to school, and got more busy than usual. Just four days ago i noticed white flaky stuff all over her skin and her one gill on the left side of her head was almost gone and there were little snails all over the tank walls. I freaked out, placed her in a container of fresh clean water and examined her. I have been watching on her and keeping her in the fridge, i started giving her salt baths twice a day for 15 min, a day ago and i change her water every time she gets a salt bath.
But i am so scared, she is sooooo stressed, each day she seems to get weaker and unresponsive, and skinny and just this morning i noticed her bottom lip is brown...I have been doing research out of my wazoo and am soooooo worried about her...shes my baby. I will be devastated if i wake up or come home to her gone... Can anyone give me any advice as to how to get her better or are my efforts just going to amount to nothing in the end? '