Axolotl not eating

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lorie

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My axolotl is not eating however i've tested the water and temperature and they're both fine. There are no tank mates with her that could stress her out. I feed her bloodworm and brine shrimp.
Could it be the plants?
 
When did you get it? Do you have proper hiding spots? What are the water parameters and temperature specifically? "Fine" isn't very specific. How big is the axolotl? Have you tried offering large live foods?
 
Did you cycle your tank? Also, read one of your other posts re "dropping icecubes in to cool it down!" You shouldn't do this. This could also be having an effect with temp fluctuations and esp. if it is just straight tap water rather than dechlorinated. Fluctuating temps can stress your axie. How long since s/he hasn't eaten? With water parameters - we need to know what results are for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate (and you can include ph) but the first three are the most important.
 
dont worry.. axies can not eat up to a whole month!
Once mine didn't eat for about 3 weeks and all of a sudden they just start eatin again.
 
1 week since she stopped eating. I've changed all the water tho because i could see little white things swimming in her water (which i've heard are parasites from bloodworm) She's moving about much more but still not eating.
 
Oh and the tank is a 3ft tank by 1 ft. The water temp is about 16 °C.
It has and air stone a filter (not a strong filter though because she doesn't like the fast ones)
 
what did the little white things look like? they probably werent parasites, probably just harmless bugs
 
snip "week since she stopped eating. I've changed all the water tho because i could see little white things swimming in her water (which i've heard are parasites from bloodworm"endsnip

Highly unlikely... More than likely these are harmless free living nematodes (not parasitic) or planaria that are living on excess dissolved organic material. These are very common if you use frozen bloodworms and either place the frozen piece in the water or thaw the bloodworms in a cup and pour the water and the bloodworms into the tank. This adds a lot of dissolved organic to the tank which can screw with the cycle as well as allow excess growth of the free living invertbrates in freshwater tanks.

Ed
 
You say the water paramaters are all fine. What are they?
What is the pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?

Ed
 
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