axies gills ?

karlie

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I've noticed in the last few day my female axie is loosing her beautiful "wavey things" don't know there proper name! on her gills .We have had her for at least 2 years she is good size about 30ish cm she eating but not as hungry as she usually is .She lives with 2,10 cm axies and 1 25 male axie in a 1mtr tank .I haven't seen the younger axies pick on her or annoy her in any way but something is wrong please help!!:confused:
 
Gill filaments on her gill stubs (or just gills).

Have you tested your tankwater at all for ammonia/nitrite or nitrate? What is the tank temperature? Does she float or show any other signs that something might be wrong? How long have the younger/smaller axies been in the tank with her and did you quarantine them before adding them to the tank?
 
the temperature is around 20-22 as its been hot here in the last week and i don't have a chiller:(the other axies were quarantined for about 3 weeks and have been in tank for about 2-3 weeks(I'm going to remove the two youngins as soon as the other tank it ready)what sort of water test kit do u recommend I'm using Ph nitrate and ammonia kit at moment:eek: is there more i need to test? also I've got a snail and I've noticed it has white/transparent fungus like stuff on its shell this morning.I wiped over the shell with my finger but it stayed on the shell there is also specs on glass of tank :mad:! thanks for your help
 
Usually minimum quarantine period is 30 days, and then you try and stagger when you put them in, ie add one one week, then the next the following week, to allow the tank to adjust to the additions (ie waste/feeding).

the other thing you need to test for is nitrite and nitrates.

When was the last time you tested your tankwater? What was the ammonia reading? If it was anything over 0, then you need to do frequent partial (20%) waterchanges to bring it down.

You can rule out any other possible problems by testing the water, or taking a sample to the petshop for them to test for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates; and keeping watch over the next few weeks (namely due to temperature) to all your axolotls. If you do take sample to petshop, make sure they write the figures down and don't buy anything (chemicals or whatever) they suggest to fix your tankwater. Frequent partial waterchanges will usually keep toxins low enough in the water for your axies to reside in.

Other methods for cooling are : http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cooling.shtml

Alternatively, what a lot of owners do who can't maintain cool temperatures, move tanks and/or afford chillers, they get a 2nd hand fridge and fridge them for the summer.
 
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