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Gill curling

SevenOFour

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Hi! So I got my axolotl on the 6th of July, and since then she’s been eating just fine and there really hasn’t been any problems. However, last night I fed her some earth worms (cut up into very small pieces) and she ate them just fine, but the morning after her gills are curled forward, and I’m thinking it could be constipaion? Help! She’s maybe around two or three inches. Her belly is as wide as her head, and her gills aren’t curly enough to touch her head, and the water flow is minimal as I have a sponge filter. Any ideas? (I couldn’t figure out how to attach a picture, though I have some if I figure it out) any help is appreciated!
 

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do you have kits to test your water parameters? You want to be able to check your ammonia, nitrates, nitrites and PH. Good things to have. Also a tank thermometer.



Posting pictures....you've actually got an album here on the site...scroll up to the top of the screen, you should see where it says "albums and galleries", you can put your pictures in there and then it's super easy to post pictures from there.
 

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I have a strip test, and everything is fine. My water is about seventy degrees
 

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Here are some pictures of her
 

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Hi, firstly the temp is too high, you want it to be below 18 degrees Celsius, also the test strips aren't reliable, you want the liquid API freshwater master test kit, until you can sort out your water, it would be best to tub the lotl and change 100% of its water daily.
 

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You really want to be careful with temperatures on the little ones, they're more delicate. I agree that liquid tests are better...I have some strips because the store was out of liquid nitrate tests, they are not as easy to read.



She looks a little skinny in those pictures. Maybe it's the angle or something. Cute little thing. I'm seeing the gill curling, something is bothering her, I don't know if it's the temperature but it's certainly worth seeing if that does the trick.
 
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