Axolotl not eating

IggyPop

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I have a male, (around) 6 month old axie who had recently refused to eat. He's been losing weight and it's a little worrying. I was wondering if anyone else had this issue or knew how to solve it. I would also like information on how to fatten him up a little. I just don't know what is good to give him (as a treat or something) that will help him gain weight.

He's 6 months old, around 7 and a half inches long, his water parameters are fine (ammonia- 0 nitrates-22 ppm nitrites-0). He's in a 20 gallon long tank. I have two fans on him as his tank temp is about 67.7 and hovers around there. I rarely do water changes due to the massive amount of evaporation from the fans on the tank all the time. About ever two days I have to replace about 1 gallon or so of water from evaporation. (treated of course). Once a month I clean out his filter (canister).

He is alone in his tank and I can't think of why he doesn't want to eat. I haven't seen any waste in his tank in a while but I'm not always around my tank. I assumed that it broke abound and went through the filter (there is always brown-ish stain on the floss pads when I clean them) He's not bloated or floating at all, so I don't think he has an impaction. I'm feeding him Nightcrawlers every 2-3 days and he will eat maybe a third of a worm in a feeding. I tried to feed him some blood worms today and he eat some of them.

Any help is appreciated!
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Keep feeding nightcrawlers, but feed more if you can. If he only eats a third per feeding, try offering a few times a day. Some axolotls don't eat a lot, but others like lots. My old axolotl only ate every 2-3 days, but my wildtype Bucky eats a worm every day and still asks for more haha. My copper Steve doesn't eat every day, but I have only had him for 2 weeks so he could still be getting used to me.
If he keeps refusing worms, but will eat bloodworms, it's better than nothing. If you can, wait a few days without feeding then offer a nightcrawler. Maybe he will be hungry enough to eat and it will get him back in the habit.
 
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