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opaldad

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Today, I barely saw my juvenile axie, and when I came home tonight they had developed this white fuzz on their gills. I was wondering if this is a fungus and if I should start the salt baths/fridging process as soon as possible. Any tips or pointers on how to do that would be extremely helpful! I’m a first time owner so I’m somewhat helpless in this situation. :(
The water seemed murkier than usual as I did a 25% water change 4 days ago.
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Hard to see but before you jump to salt or w.e you need to know of your water quality needs fixing, what are your ph, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates like?
 
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DSaxolotl said:
Hard to see but before you jump to salt or w.e you need to know of your water quality needs fixing, what are your ph, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates like?
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sorry for the late response! I took his water to an aquarium store and had it looked at. My cycle was all out of whack but I was able to adjust it. my current tank stats are:
ammonia: 0.25 ppm
nitrate: 5.0 ppm
nitrite: 0.25 ppm
ph: 6.8 ppm

here are some photos I took today, the fluff has doubled and his gills are looking less fluffy :(. he is still eating and pooping just fine, but I’m scared it could be something deadly?

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