Katrinamazing
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PLEASE HELP LUCY!
Lucy Liu, my Juvenile Leucistic GFP Axolotl has a problem with keeping her tail from floating. This has been happening approximately once a week for about a month now. She gets very stressed while trying to keep her tail down. Every time it happens, I move her to a shallow container so she won't struggle so much. Usually within a few hours she is back to normal and I am able to put her back in her home.
Even though she recovers quickly, she gets very stressed when it happens and I would like to know what I can do to prevent this. I have tried changing from brine shrimp, salmon strips, and bloodworms (all frozen).
Diet:
Now on Omega One frozen whole bloodworms (hand fed)
Environment:
20 gallon long (Currently cycling their new home, a 40 gallon breeder)
Eheim 2213 canister filter
Fine sand substrate
Plenty of hides
3 Marimo moss balls
1 Large Anubias Nana
Water Parameters (API Freshwater Master Test Kit):
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 40
Temperature: 65-69 Degrees Fahrenheit (I live in Texas and have not been able to successfully keep the temperature below 65)
Water changes: Goal is 30% daily - Occasionally miss a day due to medical appointments.
Is this normal, or have you experienced the same? Her sister, Dirty Sally, has never had this problem and they eat and live together. They are both juvenile Leucistics, 4 inches long - Lucy is GFP, Sally is a non GFP. Their gender is unknown, but decided to give them female names
Your advice will be much appreciated!
Lucy Liu, my Juvenile Leucistic GFP Axolotl has a problem with keeping her tail from floating. This has been happening approximately once a week for about a month now. She gets very stressed while trying to keep her tail down. Every time it happens, I move her to a shallow container so she won't struggle so much. Usually within a few hours she is back to normal and I am able to put her back in her home.
Even though she recovers quickly, she gets very stressed when it happens and I would like to know what I can do to prevent this. I have tried changing from brine shrimp, salmon strips, and bloodworms (all frozen).
Diet:
Now on Omega One frozen whole bloodworms (hand fed)
Environment:
20 gallon long (Currently cycling their new home, a 40 gallon breeder)
Eheim 2213 canister filter
Fine sand substrate
Plenty of hides
3 Marimo moss balls
1 Large Anubias Nana
Water Parameters (API Freshwater Master Test Kit):
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 40
Temperature: 65-69 Degrees Fahrenheit (I live in Texas and have not been able to successfully keep the temperature below 65)
Water changes: Goal is 30% daily - Occasionally miss a day due to medical appointments.
Is this normal, or have you experienced the same? Her sister, Dirty Sally, has never had this problem and they eat and live together. They are both juvenile Leucistics, 4 inches long - Lucy is GFP, Sally is a non GFP. Their gender is unknown, but decided to give them female names
Your advice will be much appreciated!