awayfromtheligh
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This is my sweet, little baby, Poe
I've had him since April 1st & I am quite attached to him. Yesterday I noticed a white patch on his head that was lighter than his skin. It also had little pieces of gunk sticking to it.
A friend of mine who also owns an axolotl & works at the local pet store recommended salt baths & following the directions on this website. I have given him 2 salt baths following the directions of the salt bath tutorial. I am also fridging him. I've had to fridge him before when he was constipated & floating and it worked well.
This is him in the salt bath last night. Bright red gills.
Last night when I was watching him in the salt bath, I noticed a red spot on his tail.
A popped blood vessel?
This morning when I took him out of the fridge, his gills are the same in size, but have lost all their color.
He also vomited in the salt bath this morning, but it was a tiny bit.
Basically, I am a worrying mother & I want to make sure that he's okay/gonna be okay, and that I am doing everything right. I have been doing 12 hours apart salt baths, this morning was the 2nd. His fungus looks good. It was never a bubble or raised, it's almost like he scratched himself and it got infected, but I don't know how that could have happened. I also did a 30% water change of his tank and sucked out anything small floating around. I am going to take a water sample to the store this morning, but it's always good. I use activated carbon, a carbon insert & a poly insert in his filter. I do water changes every other week (sometimes once a week) & his tank is always right around 18 degrees celsius.
Thanks for reading & hopefully commenting!
I've had him since April 1st & I am quite attached to him. Yesterday I noticed a white patch on his head that was lighter than his skin. It also had little pieces of gunk sticking to it.
A friend of mine who also owns an axolotl & works at the local pet store recommended salt baths & following the directions on this website. I have given him 2 salt baths following the directions of the salt bath tutorial. I am also fridging him. I've had to fridge him before when he was constipated & floating and it worked well.
This is him in the salt bath last night. Bright red gills.
Last night when I was watching him in the salt bath, I noticed a red spot on his tail.
A popped blood vessel?
This morning when I took him out of the fridge, his gills are the same in size, but have lost all their color.
He also vomited in the salt bath this morning, but it was a tiny bit.
Basically, I am a worrying mother & I want to make sure that he's okay/gonna be okay, and that I am doing everything right. I have been doing 12 hours apart salt baths, this morning was the 2nd. His fungus looks good. It was never a bubble or raised, it's almost like he scratched himself and it got infected, but I don't know how that could have happened. I also did a 30% water change of his tank and sucked out anything small floating around. I am going to take a water sample to the store this morning, but it's always good. I use activated carbon, a carbon insert & a poly insert in his filter. I do water changes every other week (sometimes once a week) & his tank is always right around 18 degrees celsius.
Thanks for reading & hopefully commenting!
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