Floating for months, no other problems. Problem?

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Hey all. My gorgeous albino female has been floating for months now. Her chemistry is fine, and I have 14 other axies in the same house but in different tanks (some together, some seperate) and they all don't float and seem happy. She had a couple bad days when a house sitter unplgged the filter, but that was a long time ago. I moved her into a larger tank a month ago and still no change. She floats about 70% of the time. She still eats well and all, How concerned should I be? Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Mike
 
Hi Mike,

Is there any water current in the tank that may be stressing her?

What sort of substrate is in her tank?

What type of test kits are you using? Test Tube or Dip Strips? If you are using Strips, the readings may be lying to you.

Fourteen other axies! My goodness, and I thought my eight were enough mouths to feed ;)

Cheers Jacq.
 
Thanks for the quick responses. Here's here tank. (Of course she's at the bottom when I take the picture, go figure!) Anyway, the substrate is sand-- same as other tanks, the bubble filter is as little flow as I could find and the others seem to be ok with it. I use test tubes to test my pH and ammonia somewhat regularly. Hope that helps you help me.

Oh and I lies, I have 14 total, 13 other than her. 12 are her offspring, and the other is the papa. It's nothing compared to the 100 I had in my clasroom last spring! I had to unload a lot of great axies but last I heard, all the ones my middle school students took home are doing well!

Thanks again for the help.
 

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(Of course she's at the bottom when I take the picture, go figure!)
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:lol: naturally!

monomike said:
She still eats well and all, How concerned should I be? Any ideas?
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Hmmmm. Well, it's great that she is eating well - she just may be one of those 'wierd' axolotls that likes to float just for the hell of it.

You mentioned that she's been floating for 'months' - has she ever been exposed to gravel in the past which may be causing an impaction now?

Ooops, I forgot to ask about the tank temperature...what is the temp?
 
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