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My axolotl has white bubble looking things on his head and behind gills, fungus?

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It looks like air bubbles stuck to his head and behind his head. Is he sick? He eats normally. I have noticed him flicking his gills fairly frequently though. My other axolotl doesn't have any bubbles and is normal. There is a turtle island to prevent flow and water temperature is 61-62 F

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I tried my best at taking some pics... ! :D
 
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He moved so I could take some better ones... He does appear to have some sort of fungus? What do I do?
 
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Hi Mistari,

I can't say definitively yes or no to fungus but it looks like a growth of some kind, fungus tends to be fluffy. In the first photos your axolotls gills are pointing forward which either means you caught it mid gill flick or it is stressed. There also seems to be alot of waste in the tank.which can lead to high ammonia levels.

Great looking axolotls though beautiful lush gills
 
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I'll try vacuuming out the poop...I did it the other day but they decided to poop all over the place again :D. I wonder what it is, if not a fungus? He is eating normally.
 
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Hi Mistari,

What aeration do you use in your tank? Would you be able to zoom in/ enlarge the image or take a close up photo of the white patches? I can't see them clearly.

Cheers.
 
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Hi,

at the last photo there could be a fungus at his left gills, but I´m not sure.

A silly question: you use fine sand on the ground. Could the white patsches only be sand?

-Tina-
 
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Darkmaverick said:
Hi Mistari,

What aeration do you use in your tank? Would you be able to zoom in/ enlarge the image or take a close up photo of the white patches? I can't see them clearly.

Cheers.
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I got as close in as I could :(

Tina I don't think it's sand, I thought the same thing initially..
 
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I came home today all those little bubble things were gone- LOL! phew!!! :D:D:D Rest easy y'all!!
 
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good news!:D

Some months ago, I was shocked, because my melanoid looked the same way as your axie. I wanted to quarantine him and when I took him out of the water, all the white things were fallen off. Then I recognized that it only has been sand.:rofl:

-Tina-
 
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Their gills are pretty big which usually indicates low oxygen levels. How do you give them air? If you have a pump then make sure it disturbs the water... disturbed water gives oxygen to the water.
Also as someone else pointed out, their gills are bent forward which is a sign of stress. Try to figure out what causes that :)
 
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I've been trying to figure it out. I'm thinking maybe they get too much light so I'm going to get them a cave.
 
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