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Aristotle the Axolotl

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Sandy123

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I got my first axolotl a little over a week ago , he ate fine for me twice but then he stopped eating , he takes them & drops them or spits them out , he was eating red wigglers so I switched worms but there has been no change . Sometimes he is very lazy but he will swim sometimes , last night I noticed him swimming & it looked kinda fast . He does like to sit near the filter, especially if he’s swimming a lot that night . His gills & tail look fine , his water is a little warm because I am waiting for his water fan to come in the mail , but I have been cooling the water with ice . He is 5 months old & is a wild type if that helps .
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Also forgot to mention he has pooped ! I cleaned one up about 2 days ago , he stopped eating about 5 days ago .
 
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what are your water parameters? and what exactly is the temperature? one thing i will add is you will want to remove those stones, he will get too big and they can cause impaction or get stuck in his mouth, they also hide uneaten food and waste which leads to ammonia and nitrate spikes and the axolotls toes etc can get stuck and injured. to entice food drive you could try coating food in garlic, google how to, I've heard it can help.
 
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He may have swallowed a rock. Based on the size of him thats unlikely, but it happened to me too. I recommend that while he’s that small you have a bare bottom tank then when he gets a lil over five inches switch to sand if u want a substrate uwu
 
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    yeah, im heading over tomorrow morning to move him to this house and feed him. Thanks for the help!
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  • Shane_Yogurt:
    So my axolotl tank cycle just crashed and while i was in the middle of a water change my bucket overflowed and spilled water all of the ground in my brand new home. This is going super well 👍
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    Im so frustrated right now. My axolotl WONT eat and my tank still isnt looking too good. Some extra stress i needed.
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    Sorry to hear that Shane. Did you post about it?
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  • Shane_Yogurt:
    No, I havent. Im not really sure why he wont eat. Hes in a 1 gallon tub and still a juvenile. When i offer food he swims away from it. Does he need some extra time? or is this something I should be worried about.
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  • JulMl:
    Hello everyone! I’m new in this world and i need some advices please! I have 2 axolotl babies and currently the water from the tank is from bottled water ( all parameters are good) but i want to change 50% of the water with city tap water. My question is how to change it? Do i need to get axis out, do the change, add the prime, wait (how much?) until its dechlorinated or i can add the tap water directly into the tank with axis in it, and add the prime conditioner? Thank you!!
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    1. You dont need to take them out of the tank to change the water as long as you pour it in slow as to not rattle them around too much
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    2. add the prime to your tap water, for most conditioners the consensus is 5 minutes of waiting time
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    3.After 5 minutes it should be safe to add
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    Thank you so much !!
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    I private messaged you a bit clearer instructions just in case
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    Where can I get blackworms?
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    Ebay or Eastern Aquatics
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    Does anyone know someone who can ship axolotls to hawaii? I recently did a water change and my axolotl died and there are no axos for sale right now.
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  • Sylvia88:
    Hello I'm wondering if fridging axolotl is necessary when giving it a salt bath? My fridge is unpredictable it just changes from freezing temperature to melting by itself. And driving me crazy. So I would not be keen to put my axie in these because of the sudden temperature changes it may experience. Can I leave him in a clean dechlorinated water tub in some of the room? Would I then need to refrigerate the salt water ? Or would I just keep it in a same room temperature?! I have everything ready for him to get a salt bath but just wanted to check about this fridging before I do ( waited for approval to join the forum:)
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  • Sylvia88:
    FYI I noticed a white fluffy strings on his gills yesterday. And looking through the forum and some pictures it looks like fungus .
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