thebexexpress
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I'm so glad my account has come through so I can get some help!
It's been four days since I got an axolotl. On the first or second I noticed that her tail was hooked, and I thought it might have been stress from the move. The pet store guy said to feed her when I got her home, but she wasn't interested.
Late in the second day, she developed some white spots on her skin- the first is small and on her head, the second was bigger and on her side. They didn't seem wooly or three-dimensional at all, and the pet shop said she was probably just stressed still when I called.
When I woke up on the third day, the spots had spread- including a huge portion of her other side, which I hadn't noticed the day before- and were definitely woolly. Her tail was still hooked, and she still hadn't taken any food. I went and bought a thermometer and the tank was reading at just under 20, so I suppose this could be heat stress, but it just seems to be moving so fast.
I put her in the fridge following the tutorial and I just gave her a second salt bath. She's been in there for two days and baths now and her tail is still hooked, with the fungus looking woolier if anything. It isn't on her gills though, and she doesn't look like it's spread any more.
Is there anything else I can do? I bought an anti-fungal thing from the pet shop that the list said was okay (methylene blue), but I'm not sure how or when to use it. I was also wondering if she is okay in the fridge if the water is around 7-11 degrees consistantly.
I'm sorry if this post is super long, I'm just really worried. I'll post some photos from my phone in a sec and the tank was:
Ammonia consistantly at around 0.25ppm, nitrite higher- I did lots of water changes, not sure what else to do. Ph just under 8, sand substrate. Also, her name is Rex.
It's been four days since I got an axolotl. On the first or second I noticed that her tail was hooked, and I thought it might have been stress from the move. The pet store guy said to feed her when I got her home, but she wasn't interested.
Late in the second day, she developed some white spots on her skin- the first is small and on her head, the second was bigger and on her side. They didn't seem wooly or three-dimensional at all, and the pet shop said she was probably just stressed still when I called.
When I woke up on the third day, the spots had spread- including a huge portion of her other side, which I hadn't noticed the day before- and were definitely woolly. Her tail was still hooked, and she still hadn't taken any food. I went and bought a thermometer and the tank was reading at just under 20, so I suppose this could be heat stress, but it just seems to be moving so fast.
I put her in the fridge following the tutorial and I just gave her a second salt bath. She's been in there for two days and baths now and her tail is still hooked, with the fungus looking woolier if anything. It isn't on her gills though, and she doesn't look like it's spread any more.
Is there anything else I can do? I bought an anti-fungal thing from the pet shop that the list said was okay (methylene blue), but I'm not sure how or when to use it. I was also wondering if she is okay in the fridge if the water is around 7-11 degrees consistantly.
I'm sorry if this post is super long, I'm just really worried. I'll post some photos from my phone in a sec and the tank was:
Ammonia consistantly at around 0.25ppm, nitrite higher- I did lots of water changes, not sure what else to do. Ph just under 8, sand substrate. Also, her name is Rex.