Pictures of sick axolotls?

Hi everyone, I've decided to add a page on my website describing common axolotl illnesses. My main goal is to educate people about proper axolotl husbandry, and the importance of proper aquarium cycling. It would help me a lot if I had pictures to accompany the description of each health issue. I don't want to steal pictures from the internet, and most pictures feature fish anyway. I'd be really grateful if you allowed me to use any picture you might have of the following health problems:

Ammonia poisoning
Columnaris
New tank syndrome
Nitrite poisoning
Saprolegnia (fungus)

I will gladly credit you for the images if you like, just let me know what you want the credit line to say. Since the goal of my site is education, I am licensing its contents under creative commons attribution 4.0 unless otherwise specified. If you don't want people to be able to reuse your image, let me know so I can add a copyright or license of your choice.

If there's anything else you think I should cover, I'm very open to suggestions. Thanks!

https://www.watercritters.ca/2018/04/01/axolotl-diseases/

I'm not sure if these are of use, but this Axolotl had a fluid buildup, then she had blister type bumps that appeared overnight, burst and wouldn't stop bleeding, she was then euthanized, had a necropsy done.

Thank you, this is extremely helpful! I’d never seen an example of mycobacteriosis in amphibians!

Biev said:

Thank you, this is extremely helpful! I’d never seen an example of mycobacteriosis in amphibians!

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I'm glad that it will be helpful, it's such a horrible bacteria.

This was a rescue girl I got a few years back.

This is the same girl from the xrays etc being drained of fluid, you may not need something like this, but I find its interesting.

She was drained 3x, but sadly she kept refilling really fast.

https://youtu.be/ikBJNzQJSmU

These are before-and-after pictures of Kimchee, currently about 7.5 to 8cm, and pleasantly plump. When I got him (or her, too early to know) the pet store was doing everything wrong: Bright lights, heavy water flow, no hiding spots, delicious gravel, and essentially no food. He started out with essentially no gills. Two days after I brought him home, he couldn't stand up on his legs and would just sort of fall over and lie on his side. I fridged him as a last resort, and while he didn't have any gravel in him, he made an incredibly rapid recovery in about five days. I imagine what put him on death's door was just extreme stress and malnourishment... it was like he didn't even know how to eat, and would literally only eat about two brine shrimp a day. A week after I brought him home he became insatiable and hasn't changed since.

Hopefully the photos upload with the first three being when he was ill and the second three after he was better, but you can probably tell the difference. Hope these help; I'm just proud of my little friendo for getting all better.

Thank you so much! This helps a lot!