About floating

[Ai]

Hi!
I had for many months an axie with bad floating problems. Lying upside down at the surface, or swimming frenetic around the tank.
With advice from this site i tried a lot of different things but nothing helped except putting him in a seperate tub with lower water level. ( this was not just regular float, he hurt himself and stressed my other axie, and could not control his swimming)

finally i read that more fat in their food could help with floating problems.

I have now fed both my axies with only schrimps for about three weeks and just kept the floaty one in the tank, doing everything else like normal.

Today my Poppy was walking on the bottom, still with his bum floating a bit, but he can walk. It's hard to say what made this all better, but i just want to update this matter incase it could help someone with simular problems. Cause i had almost given up and lost all hope.



Sadly one of his gills has been bitten off though, he's got so beautiful gills. But other than that he seems fine again, finally!


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[Petersgirl]

I think there was a bit of a theory on here that fat might help to soften their leavings, which meant they were easier to pass, and thus reduced constipation, which in turn would prevent floating. Other fatty foods would include waxworms.

I am glad it helped you, but are you also feeding earthworms are similar? Your axolotl looks a good size but I'd be worried about the shrimps making her overweight (saying that, mine eat every day and they still aren't overweight, so I guess it's an individual thing. That and they have earthworms.)