morganl
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Over the past year and a half, I’ve had six axolotls, split into two groups of three. Both groups have all died. In the first group they were all in the same tank since they were just young, and I was planning to separate them as they got older. One of the smaller ones wasn’t eating so I took him out and put him in his own container so he could have his own food supply. A few days later he was dead. The day after he died, my biggest one (who was still in the normal tank with his brother) died as well. After that I took out the final one from the tank and put him in the fridge as I was scared they were dying due to constipation or something (last ditch effort) and that one died as well. I concluded that I had fed them bad worms (they were all eating the same earthworms at this point). They had all died before any of them had gotten bigger than 4 inches, so still very young. Later on after I had emotionally recovered, I decided to purchase three more and raise them from very little in the same fashion. These ones died after a month, in about the same way. One died first, this time it was in the tank with her brothers. I had just put in a new hide because I had noticed one was becoming aggressive towards another, but it wasn’t aggressive towards the one that died. Anyways I found the one dead against the hide. So I removed the body and did a massive water change, removed all old food and treated the water well. I also separated the aggressor and the victim so the victim would get better. This morning I woke up and they were both floating upside down in their respective homes. Last night neither was very interested in the food I gave them ( which wasn’t eatthworms yet. Just bloodworms). The water is cool and there is a filter in the tank. I’m very upset and discouraged as I feel like everything will die under my care.