Aristotle the Axolotl

[Sandy123]

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 .

 

[Sandy123]

Also forgot to mention he has pooped ! I cleaned one up about 2 days ago , he stopped eating about 5 days ago .

 

[fishkid]

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.

 

[Lyv3wyr3]

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