Big white fluffy lump on axolotl

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Hi everyone. First post.. please be nice : p

So, I'm an experienced fish aquarium hobbyist but I'm very new to keeping axolotls. This morning I noticed a rather large white fluffy lump growing on my daughters axolotl. Pics attached. It's a fairly new tank but it's cycled. Details: 60lt (15 gal), fine sand substrate, some java fern, anubias nana petite and hydrocotyle tripartita, sponge filter with ceramic biomax/noodles. ammonia is 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5ppm, PH 7.4, temperature 18 degrees celsius (64F). Is it columnaris? Is a salt bath the best way of treating this? If so, is 3 teaspoons of salt per litre of water the right dosing? Anything else I need to know?

I'm so thankful to have this resource. Thanks in advance for your help with this!!


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Do you use johns or holtfreters in the tank on a regular basis?

I'd recommend tubbing, 100% daily water changes, add johns or holtfreters to the tub and then use long term in the tank as well
 
Thanks for your advice. Never heard of Holtfreters. Will jump straight on it. What do you mean by "tubbing"?
 
Tubbing is using a plastic tub minimum shoe box size to 3 gallon container

You change the water 100% once or twice a day so you can monitor changes and control the temperature and parameters better than in a full tank.
 
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