Ok, so do you have the API Freshwater Master Test Kit to test your water parameters? Please tell us what your water parameters are (ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate), what your temps are (must be 16-19 celsius, anything higher than 21-22 starts causing stress to the axolotl), if it had tank mates to bite it, if you have a high flow filter (they prefer soft flow like from a sponge filter or sump/overhead sump filter), if theres any sharp objects for it to have caused damage to the gills, and also, what do you feed your axie? For younger axies baby brine shrimp, live daphnia, and bloodworms are ideal diet, then when they're mature you feed them nightcrawlers, sinking carnivore pellets, red wrigglers, blackworms, daphnia, and also baby brine shrimp (the last 2 might be refused by your axie, as babies eat those last 2 more than the rest of the food). Also, please answer all these questions as its important to determine the health of your axolotl.
I agree with you and believe they probally have a tiger salamnder, tho if its actually an axolotl i don't know why its gill ends would turn white. They also haven't responded to our advice yet.
add 2g per litre marine salt to the water, where is the white spot?
Pretty darn sure. He's like one of the native ones I was told. He's also 6 months old so wouldn't he have lost his gills by now?
Ok so tank doesn't get warmer than 20. Nitrates get a little high sometimes but the rest is fine. He eats a cube of worms in the morning and a cube of brine shrimp at night to spice it up. No sharp objects at all.
Axolotls are native to Mexico, not Nevada.
try to get the temperature lower, the gills aren't receding from morphing they have slight fungus on the tips that give a slight melted look.
I got him from a breeder. He is NOT a tiger salamander cmon lol. He's the native type meaning not those inbred colored ones. Someone mentioned fungus but nothing is like fuzzy on him which is what people suggest to look for.
Shouldn't the fungus be fuzzy? It's like inside his gills not on the outside. It just doesn't look like fungus. It does look like it's "melting" though that's pretty accurate. If you still think it's fungus how much salt do I add to the tank if he's in 10 gal?
That's what I was told. Someone mentioned "wild" type. There's pictures that look just like him online. I would think if it was genetic there would be more questions like this no?
That's doing a bath right? Not just leaving that amount in his tank?
Ok ill give it a whirl
