Axolotl not eatting :(

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First of all, hey everyone ^_^ first post yay
now to business, i've had 2 axolotls for about 6months now (lily a little white female, and marshal a bigger yellow male)
They've both been fine up until about a month ago, when lily stopped eatting, at first it was just 1 day, thought nothing of it...then another day, another, another and so on.
Marshall is fine, he eats everyday and will eat more if i give it to him.


Water conditions are fine, i've had 2 pet stores check them for me.
I feed them a mixture of beef heart and blood worms (fed them a earthworms a couple of times)
Tank is 100L with loads of plants, aquarium sand, with a few hiding spots.
the tank is Masterpet | Serenelife Kingdom 100 this one, but with the filter turned down.

On a side note, Australia is coming up into summer now (gets super hot here) and i've just noticed my tank has been tipping 24C, any suggestions on lowering the temp?? i've just put in a frozen bottle, but i work almost every day so i'm not sure what to do :/



Anything you guys can suggest :)??
 
Beef heart isn't very well thought of as an axolotl food around here -- if you can get the earthworms, they're great. Maybe try Lily on some earthworm? Many axies prefer live food.

A lot of people use the frozen bottle method with good success, and one or two a day seems to work all right without much tending so is good for working folks. You can get an aquarium chiller but they're quite pricey. I don't know if some axies go off their feed at high temps, but I do!
 
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