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    Illness/Sickness: A bit of fungus

    Okay, so a few days ago I noticed a small spot of fungus on my axolotls gills, now before you ask unfortunately I can't get a picture 1. because my camera's not good enough and 2. because the fungus is mostly covered by gill filaments. So my question is is it possible to get rid of the fungus...
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    Introduction

    Well, it’s probably a bit late (try 2 years), but here is my introduction! Get ready, this’ll be a long one. My journey with axolotls began 2 years ago in late 2013, after hearing about axolotls from a family friend I was really excited about them. I started to research them through caudata.org...
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    Illness/Sickness: Axolotl not eating!?

    Okay, so my axie-ari recently got over a bad fungal infection about a month ago, for the following weak and a bit she was eating fine behaving fine and seemed generally happy, however about a week ago she stopped eating and slowly got weaker and weaker... the other night i got her to eat a tiny...
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    Question: Hurt gill?

    So my axolotl-ari has been eating fine moving about normally and her behavior hasn't changed but after the last tank clean i noticed that she was keeping one set of her gills pressed up against her body upon further inspection i realized that there was a small bump on her head where the stalk...
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    Question: White wispy stuff

    So ive been doin salt baths with my axie for 3 days now and ive noticed that this white whispy stuff has begun to gather around her head and behind her gills, could this be her slime coast peeling or dead fungus? any help is greatly appreciated btw it comes off easily when she swims around.
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    Axolotl lying on stomach

    My axie, ari has been battling fungus for some weeks now I recently started salt baths and set up a hospital tank, as there is still fungus in the main tank, however after her first salt bath i noticed that shes been lying on her stomach a lot and not using her front legs, and instead having...
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    Gill fungus

    Hi all, So a few weeks ago little Ari had A run In with some Dead gill filaments, the bright side is that got better, But now I think that she definitely has some fungus On her gill stalk(just on the end of one. So I've dropped the tank temp from 20 degrees to Nineteen and have done a water...
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    Illness/Sickness: Gill fungus?

    Recently my little axie- Aristotlina has been looking a little sick around the gills as you cans see from the picture there are little chunks in her gills this could be fungus but i was also thinking that it could just be food as Ari is a very messy eater and the food is the same sort of color...
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    Axie food

    Hi all, for the first few weeks i had my little axolotl - aristotlina- ive been feeding her earthworms, however after she stopped eating them i decided to try something else, that is fish fuel and co axolotl food--> Fish Fuel - Axolotl Food i was just wondering if this would be alright to feed...
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    Question: Somethings very wrong with my axolotls gills

    The events leading up to this are http://www.caudata.org/forum/f46-beginner-newt-salamander-axolotl-help-topics/f48-axolotls-ambystoma-mexicanum/f58-sick-axolotl/99693-axolotl-hasnt-been-eating-2-weeks.html then...
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    Question: Axolotl slime coat peeling

    I've been treating my axolotl for about 3 days with pimafix, and ive noticed that her slime coat is peeling,anyone with experience using the medication, is this meant to happen? should i take my axolotl out? She is in a sick tank apart from the others and my local aquarium did recommend pimafix...
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    Question: Axolotl dying?

    My axolotl has been hanging around the top of the tank with her eyes submerged and has been going up for air very 1 minute and i don't know whats wrong please help She hasn't touched the ground in around 4 hours Shes been floating for the past few days but only recently has it gotten worse. ive...
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    Illness/Sickness: Axolotl hasn't been eating for 2 weeks

    My 3 year old axolotl-Yin hasn't been eating for the past 2 weeks, On top of this shes been going up for air very often and taking in so much air every time that she floats. She seems to just hang around the top of the tank with part of body out of water when this happens, not attempting to get...
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    Illness/Sickness: Axolotl weak and floating

    My 3 yr old axolotl-yin has recently been acting very weak over the past few days. She hasn't been eating for 5 days and only recently shes been going up for air about every five minutes, and always takes in so much air every time that she floats:( She used to make an effort to swim back down to...
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  • Shane douglas:
    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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  • Thorninmyside:
    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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